Returned hostage Matan Zangauker minutes after reuniting with his mother Einav. Zangauker was kidnapped from Nir Oz and held for 736 days. (Photo credit: IDF Spokesman) As we began to understand the ...

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) ...

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 ...

Elana Lipman, Esq, cRc’s Director of Divorce Mediation, with Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av (head of) Beth Din (rabbinical court). Couples seeking divorce may embark on a long road, which can be paved with ...

Donna Kahan will receive the Federation’s highest honor, the annual Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award, at the Annual Meeting In a year of immense challenges for the Jewish people, the Chicago Jewish ...

"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.

A few years ago, Allan B. found himself in a position he'd never imagined. A seasoned nonprofit executive who'd worked for years in the Jewish community, he was struggling after a layoff, borrowing ...

Ryan Merkow—pictured with his wife and daughter—studied for his adult bar mitzvah in 2023. At 13, Ryan Merkow didn't have a bar mitzvah. But three decades later, Merkow--now a surgical oncologist ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago, housed in the grand-scale, 13,563-seat Civic Opera building on North Wacker Drive, has been viewed as the city's predominant opera stage since 1954. And, starting in 2020, ...

Buffalo Grove native Josh Frydman is living out his childhood dream: He's a sports reporter for WGN-TV and co-anchor of GN Sports, the network's nightly sports show. Prior to returning to his sweet ...

Coping with grief isn't typical fodder for a comedy show, but the topic plays a starring role in Rachel Bloom's one-woman musical comedy show, Death, Let Me Do My Show. Directed by Seth Barrish, the ...