Local stories
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BZAEDS students create their own Civil Rights Museum
Sixth-grade students at Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School (BZAEDS) created a Civil Rights Museum…
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Second Chicago Kosher BBQ Festival and Competition is June 14
The BBQ fest will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 14,…
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Midwest Jewish Artists Lab Comes to Chicago
The Midwest Jewish Artists Lab addresses the need to broaden the impact of the arts…
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Chicago firm sues French Railways for Nazi deportations
The suit is against Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF)—the French national railway.
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The high cost of boycotting Israel
In politically polarized Springfield, this bill enjoys uncommon common ground.
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Annual Ben-Gurion Society Luncheon celebrates Jewish honorees of Crain’s 40 Under 40
Highlighting the sold-out program was an interactive panel, featuring three 40 Under 40 honorees.
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Calling all teenage girls: Tell us what you think!
Do you think about “big things”— like gender, sexuality, and class?
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Taking Philanthropy 101 to the next level
Chicago Jewish Teen Foundations award over $67,000 in grants
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Jewish Leaders Institute graduates second cohort
One of the goals of JLI has been to develop a cohort of leaders who…
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1 in 6 Jews are new to Judaism—and 9 other new Pew findings
The Pew Research Center’s newly released 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study offers a trove of…