Tag: Illinois
Illinois divestment vote on an investment company targeting Israel to be delayed again
Back in December, the Unilever conglomerate found itself in the crosshairs of an Illinois investment board. Every board member pulled the trigger, and as a result, the state divested from Unilever and its Israel-boycotting...
Illinois poised to divest from Unilever amid continued Ben & Jerry’s boycott fallout
The state of Illinois is expected to divest its pension funds of investments in Unilever this coming Wednesday, JNS has learned.
This looming decision in Illinois marks the latest domino to fall as the global...
Newly installed Republican congresswoman apologizes for Hitler comment at rally
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) apologized on Friday for saying on Jan. 5 that “Hitler was right on one thing.”
“Earlier this week, I spoke to a group of mothers about the importance of faith and guarding our youth from...
GOP congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally, ‘Hitler was right on one thing’
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.), who was sworn into office on Jan. 3, told a crowd of protesters outside the Capitol on Tuesday that “Hitler was right on one thing.”
In front of a crowd of...
University of Illinois student government passes BDS measure for second time this year
The student government of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign passed a resolution on Wednesday night that in part called on the university to divest from Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Company, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar Inc. and Elbit...
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...
Only rabbi to serve in Illinois state legislature loses Democratic primary
The only rabbi ever to serve in the Illinois state legislature lost in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.
Rabbi Yehiel Kalish received 31.9 percent of the vote in the state’s 16th District, while the winner,...
Anti-Israel Democrat upsets House incumbent; neo-Nazi fails in Republican primary
In the Illinois 3rd Congressional District primaries on Tuesday, a progressive narrowly upset the incumbent, a pro-Israel Democrat, while a neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denier lost in a landslide in the Republican race.
In the Democratic race,...
Illinois House candidate’s 2018 ad resurfaces, criticizing AIPAC and supporting BDS
A previously unseen 2018 campaign advertisement for an Illinois Democrat currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives features attacks on her opponent for his support of AIPAC and his stance against the BDS...
Rep. Brad Schneider fights BDS, anti-Semitism and puts past Israel experience to use in...
Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider has been in Congress, serving Illinois’s 10th Congressional District since Jan. 3, 2017, when he returned after winning back his seat the previous November.
Prior to that, he served as a congressman...