Chicago
Petition to cut ties with Israeli institutions circulates at University of Illinois at Chicago
The petition cites “Israeli apartheid,” blocked access to health care for Palestinians, and Islamophobia.
Angry at discrimination, a rabbi creates a shul, and seminary, serving the Deaf community
When he was just 30 days old, Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer suffered a botched radiation treatment for a skin ailment, leaving half his body discolored. Growing up he was often teased and treated differently.
Old Irving Park neighbors push to rename Kolmar Park to honor German-Jewish author killed in the Holocaust
Kolmar Park is named for the street it is on. Neighbors want it to honor poet Gertrud Kolmar, who died in 1943 in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
A viral video inspires a Jewish neighborhood’s former residents to help revitalize it
Myra Friedman clicked on the video, and there it was: the old neighborhood, the high school clubs, the gray jackets with pink lettering, the shopping trips to Woolworth’s and Kresge’s, the multiple synagogues.
Chicago Jewish deli supplies 1,000 sandwiches to help Catholic Church’s community battle food insecurity
Manny’s Deli supplies 1000 sandwiches to needy
Should Biden pick Rahm Emanuel? In Chicago, everybody has a opinion.
To start a vigorous political argument just say, “Rahm Emanuel.” Whether you’re in Chicago, where he was a mayor and congressman and investment banker, or in Washington, where he worked with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the diminutive middle son of the three Emanuel brothers is trending upwards — for this week at least — though not with huzzahs.
As Chicago Jews mourn the Standard Club, some refuse to say goodbye
Chicago’s Jews mourn the closing of the Standard Club
In Chicago and Boston, Jewish chaplains are on the COVID-19 surge front lines
As he walks the hallways of a large suburban Chicago hospital amidst an increasing number of COVID-19 patients, Rabbi Ariel Marinelli is scared.
Remembering Chicago activist and philanthropist Linda Sher
Sher had a vision to increase women’s involvement and empowerment in the political process around the issue of Israel.
What Kushner pal Ken Kurson’s songwriting suggests about his cyberstalking charge
Kurson, former editor-in-chief of The New York Observer, erstwhile Rudy Giuliani speechwriter and longtime friend of Jared Kushner is in some trouble