How a long forgotten Yizkor Book gave a Chicago Jew a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and a special connection to his family
By David Caplan, Special to Chicago Jewish News On a sunny spring morning in 1973, I was standing at a bus stop in the city of Hadera with my grandfather’s half-brother Shepsel. Shepke, as he was…
The Donald in The Holy Land
They both have been married three times. They both cheated on wife number one with wife number two and on wife number two with wife number three. Both are under criminal investigation by the top…
Preserving the sacred: Making room for the spiritual dimension in life
By Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Bamidbar — Numbers 1.1-4.20 “…when they draw near to the Holy of Holies (Numbers 4.19).” Aside for modern academicians, specializing in the early Second Temple period of…
Events coming up in Jewish Chicago
Saturday, May 27 Young Israel of West Rogers Park presents a Musical Café with musical guest “The Voyage.” 10:15 p.m., 2706 W. Touhy, Chicago. Suggested donation, $10 adults, $5 students. www.yiwrp.com. Friday, June 2 Congregation…
Jackie Mason -Jew at the Restaurant
Jackie Mason — A Jew at the Restaurant — Clips from – the world according to me!
YOUNG AND HEART: Chicagoan Lauren Rabin is bringing a millennial, entrepreneurial and Jewish spirit to the treatment of autism
By George Castle, Special to Chicago Jewish News Lauren Rabin did not need the proverbial “five years’ experience,” as grandfather Joseph Rabin once predicted, to find her calling and help others. Rabin had just turned 24…
Jewish souls for Trump
Well, before I get to the meat of what I have to say, how about a couple quick, lighthearted and even positive notes to begin with. The first was a line that came at the…
Who we are: Tzedakah is at the very heart of Judaism
By Rabbi Doug Zelden, Guest Torah Columnist Torah Portion: B’har-B’chukotai – Leviticus 25:1-26:2/26:3-27:34. We are in the midst of the Omer Period right now, in which we count 49 days from Passover to Shavuot in anticipation of…
Events coming up in Jewish Chicago
Saturday, May 20 More than 25,000 people are expected in Skokie’s Oakton Park on May 20-21, to celebrate the 27th Annual Skokie Festival of Cultures, where they will savor exotic tastes, listen to the traditional…