Chicago leaders on solidarity mission experience Israel's resolve
The mission visited children from Kiryat Gat and other towns in the south on respite activity funded by JUF and other federations.

Reflections from Jerusalem
Rabbi Shoshanah Conover of Temple Sholom on the North Side is in touch with JUF News while in Israel. She shares her thoughts, feelings and reactions on the events as they happen.

Meeting Gil-ad's parents
Last Friday, a few JUF leaders, including myself, experienced a seminal moment with our Jewish family.

The Return
Unexpectedly, less than 24 hours later, I stepped onto the plane that would take me from one home to another.

PODCAST: Reporting live from Israel

In the midst of a trip to Israel punctuated by rocket blasts and siren blares, JUF Board Chairman David T. Brown talked to WGN Radio about what life there has been like this week.

Outrunning rockets on a family trip to Israel
It seemed for a while as if wherever we had just previously been was under rocket attack.

Loving Israel with the strength of Samson
JUF’s first Shimshon Mission

Reflections from Jerusalem
Rabbi Shoshanah Conover of Temple Sholom on the North Side is in touch with JUF News while in Israel. She shares her thoughts, feelings and reactions on the events as they happen.

The long list of Jewish reality stars
These days it seems reality TV is taking over—this yenta is the first to admit she watches a lot of it, even though she knows she shouldn’t.

Learning from the Israeli mentality
Scenes that I would only watch at home in Deerfield, on CNN, all of a sudden became a reality for me.