AM for the Jewish Federation Annual Meeting as we elect our new board slate, acknowledge our outgoing board, honor this year's award recipients, and hear from JUF President Lonnie Nasatir. This annual ...

"It was very hard for me, emotionally," Allan recounted. "I didn't want to ask for help. …It was almost humiliating." But after a friend suggested that he seek assistance at Jewish Free Loan Chicago ...

Ryan Merkow—pictured with his wife and daughter—studied for his adult bar mitzvah in 2023. At 13, Ryan Merkow didn't have a bar mitzvah. But three decades later, Merkow--now a surgical oncologist ...

Suburban mayors convene to discuss antisemitism response"It's not just up to me as an elected official [or] if I am a member of the Jewish community," Brown said. "Whatever community I'm involved in, ...

Libenu, a JUF/Encompass partner agency serving people with disabilities in the Chicago Jewish community, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the City of Chicago Department of Planning and ...

Olivia Goosman, Jack Roden, and company in the National Tour of Parade. (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) "Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August." In thinking about the eighth month of the year, I ...

At just 33 years of age, Mike Berman landed his dream job in Chicago. The Northbrook-raised lifelong sports fan nabbed the gig as a sports reporter for NBC Chicago in 2016 and has since interviewed ...

If you want to see the glass half full when it comes to our Jewish future, check out this year's class of "36 Under 36." These 36 inspiring young leaders are showing up for the Jewish community and ...

The golden age of Jewish celebrity "Eminent Jews" profiles Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer, and Leonard Bernstein ...

The seder plate is an experiential and sensory centerpiece. Each item on the plate has significance and is integral to the story of the Exodus. I've labored over many versions of charoset, grated my ...

The Center for Jewish Life’s Makom fellows with Rabbi Jennie Bunde (second from the right in the front row) at their mid-year retreat. (The Center for Small Town Jewish Life) Eighteen years ago, Rabbi ...

Red Tent Fund is grounded in Jewish values Fund affirms the right to abortion, and helps abortion seekers get the reproductive care they need, regardless of their religion.