jBaby family events are for the entire family (yes, grandparents too!) Throughout the year celebrate holidays with us at an Ultimate Playdate, make a new friend at Bagels in the Park or enjoy a ...

I love setting the Passover table. Each item on the table has such meaning, and I'm not just talking about the matzoh and the shankbone. I'm talking about the pot that I'm pouring the chicken soup ...

(From left) Robert Morris, George Washington, and Haym Salomon, memorialized in the Three Patriots statue at Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue. On the corner of Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue stands an ...

Muslim leader Fethullah Gulen, center, met with the author, right, and Steven Dishler, assistant vice president of JUF’s Jewish Community Relations Council, in April at Gulen’s residence in ...

As a key part of its community-wide security initiative, JUF has named Daniel Godsel as its Security Director. At a time of accelerating antisemitism and attacks against Jewish institutions, he will ...

The Springboard blog highlights the experiences of Jewish teens and Jewish teen professionals participating in community programs across Chicagoland and beyond. Dive into blogs about different Jewish ...

Norman Corwin—a legendary Jewish journalist, playwright, author, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter—died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home at the age of 101. He was a writer, director, and producer of ...

JUF amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place — for everyone. Community powered, we consider the totality of local and global Jewish needs and how to address them. From ...

A few years ago, Allan B. found himself in a position he'd never imagined. A seasoned nonprofit executive who'd worked for years in the Jewish community, he was struggling after a layoff, borrowing ...

1841 First permanent Jewish settlers arrive in Chicago. 1845 Yom Kippur services held above a store at Wells and Lake Sts. Within two years, the city's first congregation, KAM is formed at that ...

"If we don't have peace in Israel, which is the ultimate sweet gift, then I would say I am looking forward to my friend Cindy bringing me some chocolate rugelach from Boulangerie Cheskie in Montreal.

"Hollywood is run by Jews, it is owned by Jews." So pronounced Marlon Brando on Larry King Live in 1996. This antisemitic trope has legs, as they say. Ye (formerly Kanye West) repeated it in a rant in ...