Community
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Mission to Israel strengthens Chicago Jewish women’s connection to Israel
Forty women traveled with the group, 11 of them first-timers to Israel.
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Direct to consumer BRCA tests offer promise, deliver pitfalls
The Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics issued a statement from its Board…
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Remembering Dad—and his gift of kosher barbecued chicken—on Father’s Day and always
“[Dad] would go to the ends of the Earth; simply for the pleasure of knowing…
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Trying to raise a few good Jewish kids
I started the car and WBBM was playing on the radio. From the back seat…
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Rita Weintraub receives JUF’s Sue Pinsky Award for Excellence in Jewish Education
Weintraub, a preschool teacher at Moriah Early Childhood Center, was presented with the award May…
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Jewish Women’s Foundation responds to #MeToo
“Whether it’s sexual assault, abuse, trafficking, or the gender pay gap and lack of female…
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Inspiring innovation in our Jewish community
Dozens of local programs have been chosen for inclusion in this year’s Slingshot Guide highlighting…
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Led by volunteer executive director for 20 years, Bradley Hillel hires first full-time employee
Seth Katz was so inspired by Hillel as a student that he volunteered to serve as…
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French and German consuls general report on anti-Semitism in Europe
They discussed rising anti-Semitism in Europe, Israel's security, the EU's stability, and their country's reactions…
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Rabbi Leonard Matanky reflects on service to Ida Crown
“We have to help distinguish higher culture and other aspects of general culture which might…