Eastern European Jewish immigrants were coming to Chicago en masse to escape ... Some 16,000 eventually crowded into the Maxwell Street area, the cheapest part of town with synagogues and kosher ...

It was known as Jew Town at the turn of the century and ... gruesomeness of the University of Illinois Chicago campus. But Maxwell Street always refuses to die, especially on Sunday mornings ...

More like Chai-town. On August 23, Chicago’s WBEZ 91.5 devoted an ... which still boasts many intact Magen Davids, from the once-Jewish Maxwell Street in the late 1950s. In the middle part ...

The mission of the Maxwell Street Foundation is to preserve and interpret the history of Chicago's Maxwell Street neighborhood for future generations. The Foundation presents slide programs at outside ...

Maxwell Street Market, centered at Maxwell and Halsted Streets, was established in the late 1800s by newly arrived Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. The City of Chicago officially ...

MORTON GROVE, Ill. (WLS) -- The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival returns on Sunday, June 8 at the St. Paul Forest Preserve, ...

Maxwell Street Klezmer ... soloist with Chicago Sinfonietta at Symphony Center, and the band played in the world's first klezmer opera with Lyric Opera. Their sold-out 40th anniversary concerts were ...

Maxwell Street Market has become synonymous with Mexican street food and handmade finds, highlighting Chicago's small-business community. It began as a Jewish market where businesses were only ...

Adam wrote about the history of Jews in Chicago, his experience growing up as a Jew in Skokie, and the migration of American Jews throughout history. And through these stories, he shared a lesson ...

Thirty years ago, Lori Lippitz put together a band dedicated to reviving-and perpetuating-the joyous, soulful Jewish ... the Old Town School of Folk Music (Photo courtesy of Maxwell Street Klezmer ...

One of Chicago’s longest-running ... The original Maxwell Street Market was established in the late 19th century by Jewish immigrants arriving from Eastern Europe. Over the decades, it’s ...