Tag: Chicago
Why security for the Jewish community is needed now more than ever
I knelt in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue several days after the attack. Six years ago this week.
It was still a crime scene. I felt the bullet holes in the walls. In the prayer...
From Charlottesville to Chicago
President Joe Biden is rightly being raked over the coals by Republicans for his latest egregious display of hypocrisy, which in this case couldn’t be chalked up solely to brain fog.
In his speech on...
Young Jewish Chicagoans excited, apprehensive ahead of Democratic National Convention
With the Democratic National Convention scheduled to take place from Aug. 19 to Aug. 22 in the Windy City, young Jewish Chicagoans told JNS that they worry about potential political unrest around the gathering,...
Chicago City Council enacts ‘hate-littering’ fines to deter spread of fliers
Three weeks before the Democratic Party is scheduled to hold its national convention in Chicago to name its presidential nominee, a local ordinance has moved forward to levy fines on those who spread hate via fliers.
The...
Israeli stock-car racer gets NASCAR shot, with support for hostages on hood
When Israel’s premier stock car racer gets behind the wheel at a NASCAR competition in Chicago next month, his car’s hood will display an homage to the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
A four-time EuroNASCAR...
ADL report names anti-Israel agitators in Chicago
The ADL Midwest released a new report during a press conference on March 18 documenting the extent of anti-Jewish incidents and anti-Israel protests in the city of Chicago.
Four activist groups named by the organization as the...
Chicago Muslim umbrella group usurps Holocaust in anti-Israel ‘Tribune’ ad
An advertisement that the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago ran on page seven of the Chicago Tribune on Feb. 11 shared a blood libel with the paper’s 2.2 million Sunday edition readers. Appropriately, the...
Jewish matchmaker, of Netflix fame, to host Chicago singles event on Labor Day
When one matchmaker declined Netflix’s offer to host the eight-part series “Jewish Matchmaking,” she recommended a friend, Aleeza Ben Shalom. It was a different kind of bashert in action, and it proved a good match.
Ben Shalom,...
After calling Israel ‘racist state,’ Rep. Jayapal says ‘idea of Israel’ not racist
As protesters with Palestinian flags disrupted a Saturday keynote with several members of Congress at the Netroots Nation conference, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) sought to placate the Israel critics.
"I want you to know that...
Florist brings what he learned in Israel to inner-city Chicago
Quilen Blackwell, a Madison, Wisc. native who became a born-again Christian at 18, took an interest in Israel and all things biblical as a University of Wisconsin-Madison student. Blackwell, now 38, participated in Hillel...