YOUNG JEWS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE…
By Ellen Braunstein, Special to Chicago Jewish News In just 12 days, Abby Tzinberg, 16, grew as a person and an advocate for social justice and social change. Syd Bakal, 18, learned ways to uproot the…
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END OF AN ERA AT JUF…
Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, President of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and the longest-serving chief executive of any Jewish Federation in North America, has announced that he will transition to a new…
BETH HILLEL AT 60…
By Ellen Braunstein, Special to Chicago Jewish News Sixty menorahs burned brightly at Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah synagogue on December 16, 2017. The mass lighting marked the 60th anniversary year of the founding of the Conservative…
CJE SeniorLife names Dan Fagin as new president and chief executive officer
CJE’s Board Chair Kalman Wenig and Judy Smith, Past Board Chair and Search Committee Chair, announced that Dan Fagin has been selected to lead CJE as its new President and CEO, effective August 13. Fagin…
CHICAGO CATHOLIC AND ISRAEL’S TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY…
By Ellen Braunstein, Special to Chicago Jewish News More than religious affiliation or training, Tim Schlindwein’s Catholic family instilled in him an appreciation for education, a curiosity for what lies beyond the familiar and respect for…
RECONSTRUCTING JUDAISM IN CHICAGO…
By Ellen Braunstein, Special to Chicago Jewish News The central organization of the Reconstructionist Judaism movement has a new name, one that reflects its mission and role as innovators. “Reconstructing Judaism” is the new name for…
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS…
By Ellen Braunstein, Special to Chicago Jewish News From meeting in founding members’ living rooms to live- streaming services into congregants’ homes, what a difference 50 years makes. Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook is winding down…
JEWISH LIFE IN SWEDEN: An exclusive interview with country’s ambassador to the United States
By George Castle, Special to Chicago Jewish News Sweden has built up a respectable number of chits with the worldwide Jewish community. After all, amid a too-close-for-comfort geographical positioning with Nazi Germany in 1943-44, the officially…
DINNER CELEBRATES ISRAEL’S SOLDIERS…
More than 800 community leaders gathered at the Hilton Chicago for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Illinois Annual Dinner, which celebrated Israel’s and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)’s 70th anniversary and raised $2.5…
TWO SYNAGOGUES BECOME ONE…
The memberships of two Highland Park Reform Jewish synagogues overwhelmingly approved a proposal to form a combined congregation. The members of Congregation Solel and Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism agreed to join their 650 families…