The Young Leadership Division of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is committed to building a better Jewish community in Chicago, Israel, and throughout the world. We ...

Find the right place to help your child grow, learn and love every day. Akiba-Schechter welcomes all families and children to become a part of its diverse community of families. The school creates a ...

Led by beloved early childhood teacher and experienced gardener, Liz Zetley, children and caregivers will cultivate a sense of wonder and a love of the natural world in this interactive class for the ...

The Young Leadership Division of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is committed to building a better Jewish community in Chicago, Israel, and throughout the world. We ...

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 ...

The statue was conceived in 1936 by Barnet Hodes, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago- and a Jewish immigrant from Poland, like Salomon. Hodes established The Patriotic Foundation of Chicago to ...

Eighteen years ago, Rabbi Jennie Bunde and her husband moved to Galesburg, Ill., and found a community that sustained her family and, unexpectedly, changed the course of her professional life. After a ...

Chanukah came early this year, with the last candle lighting on Dec. 6. But that is no reason to stop celebrating the holiday season. In fact, it's an invitation to enjoy the very best of all possible ...

Watching TV late one summer evening, I stumbled upon Stephen Colbert chatting with Hannah Einbinder, the Jewish 20-something comedian and co-star of the hit show Hacks. While the conversation between ...

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known in Hebrew as the Yamim Noraim --the Days of Awe--and during this season, Jews reflect on the previous year and pray for the new year to come. Here are some ways ...

A North Shore native and current resident, Barr did much of her research at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, where she was miraculously put in contact with a survivor of the uprising who happened to ...

'Z' Frank Apachi's Grandfriends programAmong the lessons is the Jewish value of hachnasat orchim , welcoming guests, explained Leanne Nathan, 'Z' Frank Apachi's director of early childhood for 23 ...