Yamim 2023

Three special days – YAMIM – for our community to come together to honor the resilience and miraculous journey of the Jewish people.

All events will be held at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay, WI.

Stand with the Milwaukee community in memorial to the Six Million and in remembrance of all forms of resistance.

80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Featured Guest – Claire Boren, a Holocaust survivor from Mizocz, Poland (now Ukraine), inspires individuals to stand up to injustice while representing the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education in New Jersey. She and her mother survived the Holocaust by hiding from October 1942, when Jews of Mizocz were murdered, until the spring of 1944, when the Red Army liberated the area. Her husband, Adam Boren, z’’l, also a Holocaust survivor, participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and survived Majdanek, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen and a death march. Claire is also a professional artist, and her work has been featured in various galleries throughout New York and New Jersey.

Event details:
Monday, April 17 | 6-7:30 PM
Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center,
Daniel M. Soref Community Hall,
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.,
Whitefish Bay

Questions: MichaelM@MilwaukeeJewish.org or 414-963-2716

Join in honoring Israel’s victims of terror and fallen soldiers and veterans of the Israel Defense Forces and other Israeli security services.

50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War

Featured Guest — The Yom Kippur War changed Israel forever, including the life of Professor Yoram Eshet-Alkalai and the loss of most of his unit. What does a man do when he discovers one day that nothing is left of his former life, and that he must learn to do everything from the start? The world of Yoram, a young paratrooper and father of one, is shattered to pieces during a daring commando operation behind the Egyptian army lines. He suffers a head injury, leaving him paralyzed, blind, and unconscious. When he regains consciousness, he discovers he has lost the ability to read and write, think clearly and orient himself. His injury sends him on a journey of survival to reconstruct his memory and relearn everything.

Event details:
Monday, April 24 | 7-8:15 PM
Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center,
Daniel M. Soref Community Hall,
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.,
Whitefish Bay

Questions: AllisonH@MilwaukeeJewish.org or 414-390-5724

Join us for Wisconsin’s largest celebration of Israel!

Featured Guest — Israeli celebrity chef and acclaimed TV personality/author Gil Hovav will lead our Celebration of Diversity – Flavors of Israel, including FREE samples of ethnic Israeli food (dietary laws observed) representing diaspora communities. Gil is a foodie ambassador who has played a major role in defining modern Israeli cuisine.

• DJ and Israeli dancing
• Crafts and games

Schedule of Events:
Opening Ceremony & Walk for Israel 2 pm
Celebration 3 pm

Event details:
Sunday, April 30 | 2 PM
Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center,
Held on the outside grounds of the JCC,
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.,
Whitefish Bay

Questions: AllisonH@MilwaukeeJewish.org or 414-390-5724.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS 2023 YAMIM SPONSORS

Annual Yamim funds come from these generous endowment funds of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation:

This program is proudly supported by the Israel Engagement Fund: A JCC Association of North America Program Accelerator