Three months after mass shooting, klezmer band returns to Highland Park
When a shooter opened fire on a Fourth of July Parade, a video of people fleeing past the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band went viral
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Opinion Most of the victims of Highland Park were Jewish. Why is their memorial filled with Christian imagery?
Even in death, Jews can become subsumed by the ubiquity of American Christianity
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Opinion I’m an extremism expert. The July Fourth shooter wasn’t targeting a particular racial or religious group.
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News ‘We knew he was aggressive’: Highland Park activist recalls encounters with alleged shooter
Rachael Wachstein said he shoved and cursed people at a pro-Trump rally two years ago
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Opinion There are no more safe places
Friends from the suburbs have worked to help stem violence in Chicago. Now, they're calling for help.
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Opinion ‘I won’t let her murder make me a weaker person’: The daughter of a Highland Park victim speaks
Katherine Goldstein was shot and killed at a July Fourth parade. Her daughter, Cassie Goldstein, was with her when she died.
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