Building a Kinder Community: Social-Emotional Learning at Gan HaYeled

Guided by the values of kehillah (community) and tikkun olam (repairing the world), Gan HaYeled Preschool has used a City of Madison grant over the last two years to provide vital social-emotional training to local educators and families.

Below, Gan Director Marla Becker shares a moving upd…

Active Jewish Adults Tzedakah Project Highlight

Many members of JFM’S Active Adults Hiking Group led busy working lives before retirement, so multi-tasking is almost second nature. Using these multi-tasking skills, the group now combines each monthly hike in or around Dane County with an organized act of Tzedakah.

“After all,” says…

Welcome New Camp Shalom Director

We are pleased to share that Ellen Weismer will be returning to Camp Shalom this summer as our Camp Director.

Ellen has been part of the Camp Shalom community since 1999, serving over the years as Assistant Director and Director. She also served as the JFM Community Educator and Program Dir…

Follow-Up Communication to the Camp Shalom Community

From the Jewish Federation of Madison Executive Committee
We are writing to follow up on our January 15 community letter and to respond to the questions, concerns, and emotions many parents and families have shared since then. We want to be clear at the outset: when a child is harmed, famili…

Welcome New Midrasha Directors

We are pleased to welcome Debbie Blitz and Parthy Schachter as interim co-Directors of Midrasha.

Debbie is a teacher at Wingra school and a current Jewish Federation of Madison board member and Midrasha committee member. She has two children who are current Midrasha students, a 10th and 12t…