Community
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Anti-violence activists share ways to build a safer Chicago
Drawing from their experience on the ground in Chicago’s most affected neighborhoods, leading anti-violence experts…
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Grief and the family: Finding balance after loss
Few things impact a family more than the death of one of its members.
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Jewish educators to be honored with the Sue Pinsky Award for Excellence in Jewish Education and the Grinspoon Award
Margie Pines, an early childhood educator at JCC “Z” Frank Apachi in Northbrook, and Andrea…
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Annual community mental health conference to focus on children
"Raising Resilient Children: Prioritizing their Mental Health" will be held on Sunday, June 4, at…
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Generations of philanthropists support cancer pre-vivors, patients
Why is breast cancer risk slightly higher among Jewish women than among other women in…
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Anti-Israel divestment resolution passes at UW-Madison following procedural irregularities
After voting to table a resolution demonizing Israel last month, the Associated Students of Madison…
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State, local Holocaust observances reinvigorate spirit of ‘never again’
The words "never forget" rang throughout Illinois this past week as the Jewish community held…
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ADL, Illinois state officials offer strategies for combatting hate
Nearly 60 Jewish community and organization leaders heard the alarming news about the rise of…
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Chief Rabbi of South Africa visiting JCC Chicago May 1
Chief Rabbi of South Africa Dr. Warren Goldstein will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, May 1,…
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U of I students spend spring break in Berlin
Eighteen Jewish students—a number fittingly equaling chai, or life, in Jewish Gematria—from the University of…