Chicago
For Millenials, virtual Shabbat motivates neighborhood connections
At 5 pm on Fridays, Julia Logan pushes back her desk, moves her work screen aside and dims the lighting. In her small apartment dining room, amidst twinkling lights in mason jars, she sets a Shabbat table for one and joins a Zoom call of seven other young adults in Chicago, and across the country.
Letter From Chicago: Toasting And Posting To Instagram At Hanukkah Pop-Up Bar
The bar serves Sufganiyot with syringes of vodka-infused jelly and Challah grilled cheese. Specialty cocktails: “The Chosen MF” and “Mazel Tov.”
A Sluggish Union Wakes Up And Wins Concessions From Chicago’s Jewish Federation
Full-time professional staff were working second jobs, going to food pantries, putting their children on Medicare and selling plasma.
Illinois Republicans Are Trying To Make Sure A Neo-Nazi Candidate Doesn’t Get Any Primary Votes
“When I got my signatures, nobody asked me about the damn Holocaust. It’s totally irrelevant to my campaign.”
A Nazi Is Running For Congress, Again. Unlike In 2018, The GOP Is Challenging Him In The Primary.
A former leader of the American Nazi Party, Arthur Jones got a quarter of the vote last time he ran for this Congressional seat in Illinois.
Dem Candidate Criticized Guest For Praising Jews ‘As If they Are Great People’
Darwish also claimed without evidence that one of his opponents had received $15,000 in donations from AIPAC. AIPAC doesn’t make donations.
Chicagoland Mystery! Synagogue Finds Huge, Impenetrable Safe Under Parking Lot
“There is 100% a golem inside.”
7 Arrested After Anish Kapoor’s ‘Cloud Gate’ Found Vandalized
Chicago Police discovered the vandalism while responding to a trespassing call.
A White Supremacist Murderer Devastated Chicago 20 Years Ago. Why Didn’t Anything Change?
“He shot me because I was Jewish.”
Chicago’s Orthodox Neighborhood Is Kvelling — About Their New Gay, Black Mayor
A rabbi gave her a blessing; someone else gave her two challahs, a bottle of wine, and a saltshaker “because she’s going to shake things up.”