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If it matters to the Chicago area's Jewish community, then it matters to JUF News, the region’s largest circulation Jewish community publication. Published monthly by the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, JUF News offers features, profiles, news, and commentaries about key facets of Jewish life locally, in Israel, and around the world.

Next on ‘Sanctuary’ Why Remember the Holocaust?

1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, ABC7-Channel 7

2/22/2012 1:58:59 PM

Goodman Camping Initiative for Modern Jewish History to transform Israel education

 iCenter and Foundation for Jewish Camp Partnership to engage over 18,000 young Jews in modern...

2/20/2012 1:12:08 PM

“Completing the Journey” mission connects Chicago Jews to the Ethiopian community

Help prepare Ethiopian Jews for aliyah to Israel.

2/16/2012 5:29:58 PM

Righting a ‘daily slight’

Chicago Jewish community should support visa waivers for Poles.

2/16/2012 1:21:09 PM

Federation marks Jewish Disability Awareness Month

D.C. staff advocates on disability issues in the capitol.

2/10/2012 1:55:35 PM

Brave new way to have a baby: Surrogacy law in Israel

An attorney, licensed in Israel and Wisconsin, explains surrogacy law in Israel.

2/2/2012 11:07:00 AM

Ve-a-hav-ta –What does it mean?

Twice in the Bible we are commanded to love.

1/31/2012 1:19:13 PM

My time in Israel: A period of powerful discovery

I can recall my initial thoughts when I found out that I would be traveling to Israel with JUF's...

1/29/2012 6:19:39 AM

Reflection on Israel

But after my first-hand experience in Israel, I realized that Israel is a state far more complex...

1/27/2012 2:33:47 PM

Sharing my experience

I have always been someone who learns through experience. I need to make things happen on my own,...

1/27/2012 2:30:35 PM

What -18 degrees really means

In the wake of continuing record cold in eastern Europe, Asher Ostrin of the American Jewish Joint...

2/10/2012 10:47:55 AM

High level HIAS delegation returns from Latin America

A delegation of HIAS lay and professional leadership traveled to Argentina, Panama, Venezuela, and...

1/25/2012 4:27:50 PM

Two years later in Haiti

Two years after the earthquake, JDC has focused its relief work on children's education and...

1/15/2012 7:08:14 AM

Report: Obama to name Lew to top White House slot

President Obama reportedly will name Jack Lew, an Orthodox Jew,  to be his chief of staff,...

1/9/2012 4:25:50 PM

Turkey: Friend, Foe or Undecided?

Steven Dishler shares insight from a recent trip to Turkey.

12/1/2011 1:41:22 PM

2012 Peace on Earth Film Festival comes to Chicago this week

Thursday, Feb. 23 through Sunday, Feb. 26. 

2/20/2012 12:21:56 PM

My dance journey in Israel

A concerned flight attendant asked me where I was heading. When I told her Kibbutz Ga'aton, she...

2/13/2012 2:24:50 PM

Laughing at the darkness

In his first novel, Shalom Auslander ponders what would happen if you found Anne Frank hiding in...

2/1/2012 10:21:49 AM

Tzivi’s Feb ’12 Spotlight

The University of Chicago's Smart Gallery opens a new multimedia exhibit called Feast: Radical...

1/31/2012 1:29:36 PM

Standing on her own, with the violin as her voice

Miri Ben-Ari is an Israeli Grammy award-winning violinist who has created her own unique sound by...

1/24/2012 4:25:23 PM