Thank you to all of our participants for coming together and fundraising for the JUF Ukraine Relief Fund! Special thank you to our partners: Mobile Music Interactive Entertainment, Aviva Chertok, ...

jBaby family events are for the entire family (yes, grandparents too!) Throughout the year celebrate holidays with us at an Ultimate Playdate, make a new friend at Bagels in the Park or enjoy a ...

Wellsprings Recovery Community provides support and guidance to individuals and families struggling with isolation and other life crises, such as addiction, through a welcoming Jewish recovery ...

I love setting the Passover table. Each item on the table has such meaning, and I'm not just talking about the matzoh and the shankbone. I'm talking about the pot that I'm pouring the chicken soup ...

Jewish comedian and actress Hannah Einbinder wearing a Star of David necklace, an accessory she often wears to Hollywood events. (Photo credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO via Getty Images.) ...

1841 First permanent Jewish settlers arrive in Chicago. 1845 Yom Kippur services held above a store at Wells and Lake Sts. Within two years, the city's first congregation, KAM is formed at that ...

The Talmud encourages us to "perform (a) mitzvah as beautifully as possible" (Shabbat 133b:5). Whether that's setting a beautiful table for Shabbat, cooking delicious food for Jewish holidays, or ...

JUF amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place — for everyone. Community powered, we consider the totality of local and global Jewish needs and how to address them. From ...

(nee Nier) 97. Beloved wife of the late Carl. Loving mother of Sydney Iglitzen, Marlene (late Eugene Siskel) Iglitzen and Willa (Scott) Lang. Cherished grandmother of Kate, Callie and Will Siskel and ...

Chicago beekeeper Leonard Rau has 250 hives containing some 100,000 bees. "Live from The Hive" is what Leonard Rau, owner of The Hive Supply Company, titles his talks when he teaches groups about his ...

"Hollywood is run by Jews, it is owned by Jews." So pronounced Marlon Brando on Larry King Live in 1996. This antisemitic trope has legs, as they say. Ye (formerly Kanye West) repeated it in a rant in ...

Avram Sacks advocates on behalf of Holocaust survivors so that their reparation payments are not counted as income. Justice is what motivates attorney Avram Sacks. His dedication to it led him to a ...