Tag: Chicago
February 18, 1970: Not Guilty
The Chicago Seven Trial ended on this date in 1970 with acquittals for Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner on charges of conspiracy. Five of them were...
October 8, 1969: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) launched its “Days of Rage”...
The Weathermen faction of a splintered Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) launched its “Days of Rage” protest in Chicago on this date in 1969, based on John Gregory Jacobs’ call to “bring the...
The progressive world: An antechamber to evil
After days of anti-Semitic rants on social media, the “Grime” rapper Wiley has finally been barred from Twitter and Facebook following outrage by Jews and others that he was allowed to use these platforms for his...
Sign with Auschwitz slogan displayed at Chicago protest against stay-at-home orders
A sign playing off the Auschwitz slogan “work sets you free” was featured at a protest in Chicago where hundreds of demonstrators railed against state and local restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus...
Banner held at Women’s March in Chicago featured PFLP terrorist, hijacker
A group participating in the Women’s March in Chicago on Saturday held a banner featuring a member of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who was involved in the hijacking...
Hebrew University to open tech centers in Chicago, China and Paraguay
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced this week that it will open three tech centers in Chicago; Asunción, Paraguay; and Shenzhen, China.
The centers will encourage cooperation between Hebrew University researchers and local industries, according...
Women’s March in Chicago canceled amid accusations of anti-Semitism at federal level
Citing limited “time, money and effort,” the Women’s March in Chicago organization has canceled its 2019 march.
This development comes amid accusations of anti-Semitism within leadership of the national movement, such as their connections to Nation of...
Chicago Jewish community shaken by death of Eliyahu Moscowitz
Since the shooting death of Eliyahu Moscowitz in the Rogers Park area of Chicago earlier this week, a dark cloud has hovered over the Jewish community in the nearby West Rogers Park neighborhood.
“There is...
Orthodox Jew, 24, murdered in suspected serial killing in Chicago
A 24-year-old observant Jew was murdered on Tuesday in Chicago’s Loyola Park, the target of a possible serial killer.
Eliyahu Moscowitz, a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch community and a kashrut supervisor at Jewel-Osco, the primary...
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
If spring is here can the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival be far behind? So, forget the cold and plan on celebrating everything Jewish at the 2018 Greater Chicago Jewish Festival on Sunday, June 10,...