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Elad Strohmayer: Zionism is often used as a slur. We must reclaim the term.
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (494+ words) On Israel's Independence Day on Wednesday, as Israelis mark 78 years since the founding of our state, a word that once expressed hope and liberation has become, for many, a source of confusion and division. That word is "Zionism." In today's…...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (973+ words) JERUSALEM " Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass." Bingham is among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors…...
Illinois Holocaust Museum founder Samuel R. Harris, who survived the Holocaust, dies at 90
2+ week, 4+ day ago (732+ words) As a youngster, Samuel R. Harris survived the Holocaust, making him one of the youngest such survivors of the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Later in life, Harris was behind the creation of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center…...
First female assistant rabbi joins Northbrook's Beth Shalom Jewish congregation
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (12+ words) Chicago Tribune...
Servicio de rescate informa de cuatro muertos en ataque en el centro de Israel
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (134+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) " Servicio de rescate informa de cuatro muertos en ataque en el centro de Israel. March 15, 2017: Three found shot to death in car had planned night out with friends: "They were good boys" Iranian state media say…...
Letters: The killing of Alex Pretti is the loss of a human being who mattered
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (893+ words) I have been a registered nurse for over 30 years, many of those spent in the intensive care unit. Although I did not know Alex Pretti personally, there is a deep connection among nursing colleagues. Nurses understand nurses, especially those of…...
Skokie Jewish congregation that served deaf, hearing impaired has closed, sold building
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (898+ words) Congregation Bene Shalom in Skokie, founded by a popular rabbi 53 years ago and known for being a Jewish congregation focused on serving the deaf and hearing impaired as well as the hearing community, closed on Jan. 6. Dwindling membership and decreased…...
Remembering the light amid dark times
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (392+ words) When life continues to bombard us with untruths and violence, your neighborhood Chabad knows how to shed the cosmic weight: by dancing as if the whole world is watching. In a been a particularly long, absurd year marked by violence…...
Afternoon Briefing: Chicago's Jewish community mourns Australia beach attack
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (249+ words) The 300 Illinois National Guard troops under Republican President Donald Trump's control since early October " despite Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker's objections " will remain federalized until mid-April, even though the Guard members have carried out no significant operational missions and have spent…...
Seth Lavin: What Israel is doing is harming Jews
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (686+ words) My family went to Venice, Italy, this summer. We stood in the world's first ghetto, where guards locked in Jews each night. There was a man sitting at a table with pamphlets in support of Israel. He asked me, "Are…...