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All of the participating Jewish organizations in San Diego’s Pride festival this year have pulled out of the celebration over ...
Chicago's Albany Park was home to Rosenblum's Bookstore, Weinberg's Clothing — and also alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez ...
No inter-minority partnership in U.S. history has been as productive — or as fragile — as the bond between Black and Jewish ...
Leaders in Chicago's Jewish community said the shooting is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to antisemitism. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. "We have seen an increase in ...
In coordination with the North Lawndale Historical and Cultural Society and the Jewish United Fund, Stone Temple will host several speakers as a part of the holiday’s celebration. RSVP for the event ...
My grandma Bess, who grew up in North Lawndale, had to change her name to Betty in the 1940s and ’50s just to get a job as a Jewish woman in Chicago. My grandpa Sol from the Austin neighborhood ...
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, City and school leaders, as well as students, including two alums who led the renaming effort, gathered to commemorate the occasion at the CPS elementary ...
Two Jewish students were attacked Wednesday afternoon on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago while showing support for Israel, the university's president said in a letter to the community.
Two issues fueling fear and anxiety in Chicago’s Jewish community came to a head ... He’s been VP for external relations at the Lawndale Christian Legal Center.
The gunman who opened fire on a Jewish man walking to synagogue in Chicago is an illegal migrant from West Africa who was released into the US last year — and he targeted the victim because of ...
in North Lawndale. The festival ... which was built in the mid-1920s as a synagogue for Jewish immigrants who came to Chicago to escape antisemitism in their native Romania.
WHAT: The Chicago Sukkah Design Festival pairs community organizations in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood ... small outdoor pavilions built for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.