Tag: Chicago
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,...
Chicago rabbis join multifaith effort to stand up for Dreamers
On a frigid Chicago morning, nearly 200 people of faith -- many of them clergy -- gathered at Federal Plaza to stand up for Dreamers. Rabbis from across Chicagoland joined the multifaith coalition to...
Historic Torah offers link to past
Students studying the first five books of the Bible in the original Hebrew at Trinity International University in Bannockburn can compare their modern text in a printed book to one written by hand more...
The Davidson School at JTS and the HUC-JIR School of Education awarded major grant...
The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), in partnership with the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Education, will launch a second Chicago-based cohort of the Jewish...