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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

The Valiant and the Indifferent—Honoring Rescuers, Commemorating Kristallnacht

The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center contrasted the acts of righteous “upstanders”...

11/17/2011 11:39:35 AM

Kristallnacht without my father

This is the 73rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, and the first one I will mark without my father.

11/9/2011 4:23:48 AM

CapitoLink: Jewish Illinois representatives visit Cuba

Ilinois Reps. Sara Feigenholtz, Jack Franks, and Karen May joined nine other state legislators on...

11/3/2011 10:54:39 AM

Vote for the Dead Sea to become one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature

Vote now through Nov. 11.

11/2/2011 1:50:36 PM

U.S. to withhold UNESCO dues over Palestinian membership

The United States, saying it has no choice, will stop paying its dues to UNESCO following the U.N....

11/1/2011 1:32:27 PM

Finding Jewish leadership in far-flung Iceland

For Mike Levin, a native of Chicago, it took a move to Iceland to turn him into a Jewish leader.

10/24/2011 11:05:21 AM

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