Museum Moments via Facebook Live
Date/Time
Date(s) - Tuesday, November 30th
2:00 pm CST - 2:15 pm CST
Museum staff share moments from Jewish history via Facebook Live. Tune in Tuesdays at 2:00 PM for a Museum Moment. Museum Moments are archived and can be found on our Facebook page.
Thanks to Robin Cohen for generously supporting Museum Moments.
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Future Museum Moments: (Subject to Change)
– Tuesday, November 30 – Chanukah Foods
– Tuesday, December 7 – TBA
– Tuesday, December 14 – Heller Immigration
– Tuesday, December 21 – Mirisch Brothers
– Tuesday, December 28 – Mah Jongg
Past Museum Moments:
– Thanksgiving, Jewish Roots, and Jewish Engagement, Tuesday, November 23
– History of Alter Trading, Tuesday, November 16
– Scrap in Milwaukee, Tuesday, November 9
– Kristallnacht Commemoration, Tuesday, November 2
– Wendy Selig Prieb, first woman president and chairman of an MLB Team, Tuesday, October 26
– 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Tuesday, October 19
– Peshtigo and Great Chicago Fires, Tuesday, October 12
– Scrap Yard: Innovators of Recycling Preview, Tuesday, October 5
– Rebroadcast Mildred Fish Harnack II, Thursday, September 24
– Rebroadcast Mildred Fish Harnack I, Thursday, September 17
– Sukkot featuring Tzipi Altman-Shafer of the Coalition for Jewish Learning, Tuesday, September 14
– Shmita, the Sabbatical Year, Tuesday, August 31
– Melody Top – Jewish Theater, Tuesday, August 24
– MTV Anniversary –40 years, Tuesday, August 17
– Preview of Greendale Program, Tuesday, August 10
– Berlin Olympics Part III-The Impact of the Berlin Games with Samantha Abramson, Tuesday, August 3
– Berlin Olympics Part II -The Ongoing Impact of the Berlin Olympics, Tuesday, July 27
– Berlin Olympics Part I – The Lead Up to the Berlin Olympics, Tuesday, July 20
– WPA Interview with Borrowing Institutions, Tuesday, July 13
– Happy Birthday Marc Chagall!, Tuesday, July 6
– Yiddish in Milwaukee – Nancy McQuide, Tuesday, June 29
– Rebroadcast Kentucky Fried Theater, Tuesday, June 22
–WPA in Milwaukee, Tuesday, June 15
– WPA Preview, Tuesday, June 8
– A Jubilee for Women Rabbis with Dena Feingold, Tuesday, June 1,
– Jews in the Civil War – interview with Rich Kane, Tuesday, May 25
– Making a Torah, Tuesday, May 11
– Red Cross Visit to Terezin, Tuesday, May 4
– Manpower, Tuesday, April 27
– The Evolution of Marcus Movie Theaters with Archivist Leslie Heinrichs, Tuesday, April 20
– The History of MKE Shlichut, Tuesday, April 13
– Rescued Torahs from the Holocaust, Tuesday, April 6
– History of Matzah, Matzo, Matza, Tuesday, March 23
– History of Jews and Cartooning, Tuesday, March 16
– Everyday Yiddish Encounters with Yiddish Book Center, Tuesday, March 9
– Story of HIPPY, Tuesday, March 2
– Purim, Tuesday, February 23
– Goldman’s Department Store, Tuesday, February 16
– Preview for TPITL, Tuesday, February 9
– Ben Barkin – 20 Years in Memoria, Tuesday, February 2
– Tu B’Shevat, Tuesday, January 26
– Celebrating Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, Tuesday, January 19
– African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee’s Vision for 2021, Tuesday, January 12
– Exploring Tikkun Olam with Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum, January 5
– Jewish Composers and Christmas Songs, December 29
– How Jews Celebrate Christmas, December 24
– Billie the Brownie (elf), December 22
– Manitowoc Synagogue and Small Jewish Communities in Wisconsin, December 17
– Jewish Settlement in Arpin, Wisconsin, December 15
– Chanukah in Israel, December 10
– Oh Chanukah!, Tuesday, December 8
– Local Jewish Bakeries, December 3
– History of the Bagel, December 1
– 125 Years of NCJW, November 24
– Woman of Note and Evelyn Peters, November 19
– Jews of Cochin, India, November 17
– Max Gendelman’s Story with Nina Edelman, November 12
– War Memorial with CEO Dan Buttery, November 10
– The Seventh Day – Time to Disconnect & Recharge, November 5
– George Washington Letter to Newport Synagogue with Michael Feldberg, George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom, November 3
– Houdini and Spiritualism, October 29
– Robert Bloch and Psycho, October 27
– Bob Dylan Part II, October 22
– Bob Dylan Part I, October 20
– Cemetery Research with Penny Deshur, October 15
– Jewish Burial Rights, October 13
– Antisemitism in MKE, October 8
– Broad Survey on Antisemitism, October 6
– Jake’s Deli, Thursday, October 1
– Beer in Wisconsin with MKE Historical Society, September 29
– 10 days Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, September 24
– A Moment for RBG, September 22
– Sneak Preview of Luba Lukoba: Designing Justice, September 17
– Protest Music, Tuesday, September 15
– Mildred Fish Harnack II, September 10
– Mildred Fish Harnack I, September 8
– Labor History, September 3
– Genealogy Interview with Jay Jay Hyland Archives Director, September 1
– Small Wisconsin Jewish Communities with Andy Muchin, August 27
– Summer in Wisconsin, August 25
– Sneak Preview of Luba Lukoba: Designing Justice, August 20,
– Joel Chudnow on Suffrage, August 18
– Blacklist: Hollywood’s Red Scare II, August 13
– Blacklist: Hollywood’s Red Scare I, August 11
– Jews of Ireland, August 6
– Jews of Argentina, August 4
– Famous Milwaukeean: Gene Wilder & Charlotte Rae, July 30
– The Westing Game’s Ellen Raskin, July 28
– Milwaukee Bucks II, July 23
– Milwaukee Bucks I, July 21
– A Chat with Director of Camp Interlaken, Toni Davison Levenberg, July 16
– Summer Camp, July 14
– Jews Who Rock II, July 9
– Jews Who Rock, Tuesday, July 7
– A Special Flag for Phoenix Hosiery, July 2
– New American Club/New Home Club, June 30
– Civil Rights Activist Dr. Larkey & his Medical Bag, June 26
– Allied in the Fight: Jews, Blacks and the Struggle for Civil Rights, June 25
– The Impact of Jewish Community Relations Council, June 23
– Schools Out for Summer: Admission Quotas, June 19
– Schools Out for Summer: Exploring Washington High School, June 18
– Schools Out for Summer: New Method Hebrew School, June 16
– Telling Jewish Women’s Stories: A Conversation with Judith Rosenbaum, Director of the Jewish Women’s Archive, June 12
– The Archive that Led JMM to Blacklist, June 11
– Chana Gutman’s Trunk, June 9
– Free Soviet Jews Movement, June 5
– Milwaukee Socialist Victor Berger, June 4
– Children’s Outing Association, June 2
– Shavuot Shout-Out, May 28
– Memorial Day and Jewish Veterans, May 26
– Milwaukee’s Own Henri’s Salad Dressing, May 22
– From Peddlers to Grocers, May 21
– What is Kosher? May 19
– Founders and Visionaries: Joseph Friebert, May 15
– Founders and Visionaries: Alfred Sessler and the WPA, May 14
– Founders and Visionaries: Aaron Bohrod and Fred Berman, May 12
– “The Prophet Jeremiah,” Chagall’s Tapestry, May 8
– Origins of Jewish Museum Milwaukee, May 7
– Jewish Museum Milwaukee Bat Mitzvah Year, May 5
– Golda Meir and Her Rise to Power, May 1
– Golda Meir: Teenage Rebel, April 30
– Golda Meir in Milwaukee, April 28
– Eva Zaret’s Scroll, Friday, April 24
– Magda Watts’ Dolls & Holocaust Survival, Thursday, April 23
– Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Tuesday, April 21
– Harry Soref on Master Lock, Friday, April 17
– Harry Houdini in Milwaukee, Tuesday, April 14
– Passover Themes of Rywka’s Diary, Tuesday, April 7
– Florence Eiseman Children’s Clothing Design, April 3
– Kentucky Fried Theater: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Dick Chudnow, April 2
– Milwaukee and Baseball, A Love Story, March 31
– Settlement Cook Book III: Inside the Book, March 27
– Settlement Cook Book II: The Settlement House, March 26
– Settlement Cook Book I: About Lizzie Kander, March 24
– Hats Off to Community Action, March 19
– Mount Sinai Hospital, March 17