Nick Fradiani as 'Neil - Then' (center) with Tasheim Ramsey Pack (left) and Cooper Clack and Jeilani Rhone-Collins (right) in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. (Photo credit: Jeremy Daniel) ...

I met Agnes Shwartz while doing a JUF video about Holocaust Community Services, and she became a close friend. We are pictured together here in 2018. I am the child of a Holocaust survivor who grew up ...

After more than three decades of lending his voice, heart, and pen, Paul Wieder--longtime Jewish Chicago Associate Editor and passionate member of the community--retired from JUF in October, leaving ...

You can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the Israeli people. Even now--two years since the darkest day in its history--Israel continues to innovate. Back in 1948, when Israel was founded, ...

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"If we don't have peace in Israel, which is the ultimate sweet gift, then I would say I am looking forward to my friend Cindy bringing me some chocolate rugelach from Boulangerie Cheskie in Montreal.

For nearly 60 years, Lester Crown has inspired donors across the generations. He is pictured here in 2014. (Photo credit: Robert Kusel) Philanthropist Lester Crown is Jewish Chicago's patriarch, a ...

At just 33 years of age, Mike Berman landed his dream job in Chicago. The Northbrook-raised lifelong sports fan nabbed the gig as a sports reporter for NBC Chicago in 2016 and has since interviewed ...

If you want to see the glass half full when it comes to our Jewish future, check out this year's class of "36 Under 36." These 36 inspiring young leaders are showing up for the Jewish community and ...

The “Jew-Fro”/ By J. Kott-Wolle/Oil on Canvas, 14 x 18, painted 2019. Original photo taken in 1975 There is no moment too small or too large in contemporary Jewish life for Jacqueline Kott-Wolle to ...

I stood in a massive crowd of people who I did not know listening to speeches in a language that I do not understand well, eulogizing a young man who I had never met. Yet, there was no place on Earth ...

Wendy C. Abrams' path to her new role as JUF Board Chair is guided by a powerful mindset: say 'yes' and show up. "I believe we have a communal responsibility to take care of our most vulnerable and ...