How we can face the future without fear, together | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks by TED It’s a fateful moment in history. We’ve seen divisive elections, divided societies and the growth of extremism — all fueled…
By George Castle, Special to Chicago Jewish News No, Judaism does not proclaim a total solar eclipse an evil portent or source of fear and loathing. Rather, a two-plus-minute blackout of the sun by the…
One has to wonder if Trump realizes that the neo-Nazis he was so reluctant to condemn by name would include among their targets his precious daughter Ivanka and her children, his grandchildren. For all of…
By Rabbi Benjamin Blech, Aish.com The world will soon be witness to one of the most spectacular events in the universe. On August 21, the sky will suddenly go dark in the middle of the day….
By Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) Menachem Mendel (1787-1859) received a thorough Torah education at an early age, mastered the entire Talmud when he was 13, and then he began…
Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills has named Laurie Akers as its new full-time cantorial soloist. Akers is currently a student in the cantorial ordination program through ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Akers began her…
Saturday, August 19 Beit Yichud holds Havdalah service followed by visit to Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival, 9 p.m., 6932 N. Glenwood, Chicago. For more information, glenwoodave.org. Sunday, August 20 Israel Tennis Center presents summer exhibition….
By George Castle, Special to Chicago Jewish News If Edwin Eisendrath believes he’s working from a blank slate in designing a new kind of revenue stream for his Chicago Sun-Times, then his first office at…
By Joseph Aaron You know, there are two ways you can disagree with someone. There’s the way of the mensch and the way of the anti-mensch. Of my many gripes with Trump, the one I…