Local stories
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Israeli Olympic hero and terror survivor comes to Chicago
Israeli championship fencer Dan Alon will speak about his experiences at the 1972 Munich Olympics…
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Jewish Federation helping legacies take root
Starting this month, 15 Chicago-area Jewish organizations will get the help they need to build the endowments…
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Local Jewish institutions attend special security conference
Jewish institutional leaders (representing day schools, synagogues and agencies) attended a special security conference convened…
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State Rep. David Harris fights for Iraqi Jewish archive
The Jewish archives were discovered in Iraq in 2003 and restored in the U.S.
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Simon Schama’s 'The Story of the Jews' to air on PBS
Emmy Award-winner Simon Schama brings to life Jewish history and experience in a new five-part…
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Sinai Health System President and CEO Alan H. Channing announces retirement
Channing began his tenure at Sinai in 2004
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center names Susan L. Abrams new CEO
Abrams, 49, comes to the Museum from JCC Chicago where she has served as Chief Operating…
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Emmy-award winning doc about neo-Nazi march in Skokie to air on WTTW
Skokie: Invaded But Not Conquered will air Thursday, April 24 at 9 p.m. on WTTW.
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Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, Regional Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Illinois, dies
Rabbi Moscowitz was Chabad's head shliach (emissary) in Illinois.
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Associated Talmud Torahs convenes annual teachers conference
The Conference featured many workshops for all 500 ATT day school and high school teachers,…