By Lisbeth Levine
When former president Bill Clinton officially opens the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center later this month, the village of Skokie will stake its claim on history. Holocaust history, to be sure, but also — and perhaps more significantly — as the place where the seeds of the Holocaust education movement in the United States were first planted in response to a neo-Nazi march.
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By Lisbeth Levine
The Skokie-bred Loree Rodkin is the unlikely jewelry designer behind the chandelier earrings that first lady Michelle Obama wore on election night and to the inaugural balls.
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By Lisbeth Levine
An Israeli-born boutique owner known for putting together edgy outfits in unexpected ways is quietly dressing one of the most famous women in the world, first lady Michelle Obama.
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