Ariel Parrella-Aureli
By Ariel Parrella-Aureli
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News Meet the founders of Masa Madre, a bakery blending Mexican and Jewish flavors
On a bright Chicago spring morning, longtime friends and business partners Tamar Fasja Unikel and Elena Vasquez Felgueres ventured out from their Southside home to the northwest side of the city to view a rental space. It’s the first one of many that they planned to visit, as the two are in search of a…
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News World’s largest private haggadah collection goes to the University of Chicago
Since 1982, Stephen Durchslag has collected thousands of haggadot from around the world, acquiring what is believed to be the largest private one in the world. Now, the former Chicago attorney has bequeathed it to the University of Chicago to enhance and grow its exposure for generations to come. The collection features over 4,500 Passover…
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News A community rallying to help Chicago’s only kosher fish market is a good sign — literally
Sometimes a sign is more than a sign. In 2019, the City of Chicago informed Robert’s Fish Market, the only kosher fish market in Chicago, that the permit for its iconic sign had expired. The city fined the shop’s owner, Arturo Venegas, and Venegas took it down. That made a tough business even tougher. But…
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