Local stories
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After the storm
IsraAID team travels 6,200 miles to help clean up Coal City
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Gov. Rauner and JUF talk human services
Continued cuts to health and human services ultimately will cost the state more, not less,…
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Historic anti-BDS legislation signed into law
Illinois' historic anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions bill, SB 1761, was signed into law by Gov.…
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JUF and Oy!Chicago announce fourth annual list of Jewish Chicago’s “36 Under 36”
The list spotlights the faces of Chicago's Jewish future and recognizes the amazing contributions of…
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Springfield stand-off creates deep uncertainties for JUF human service agencies
The potential impact of the state budget stand-off on many of those served by JUF…
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Create Your Jewish Legacy: Robert Hirsch
Robert Hirsch’s life story was characterized by quiet achievement and an abiding sense of love. …
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Rabbi Byron Sherwin, Jewish scholar and ethicist at Spertus, dies
Sherwin served as Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs at the Spertus Institute,…
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Joyful Jewish living for 23 years and counting
Twenty-three years ago, Dr Marc Slutsky, Stephen Silberman and Rabbi Irwin Kula created Aitz Hayim…
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Rabbi Carl Wolkin retires from Beth Shalom after 35 years
During Wolkin’s tenure, Beth Shalom’s membership more than doubled from 500 to over 1,250 families.
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Guitar-playing Rabbi Steven Mason retires
The smallest circles have always mattered to Rabbi Mason as much as the largest ones.