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 ...

Two generations, one ceremonyShe was born in 1947 in the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons Camp, near Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents, Perla Bless Grunbart and George Grunbart, both came from Hasidic ...

David Denby's Eminent Jews slyly takes its title from Lytton Strachey's 1918 book Eminent Victorians , a group biography that took a mostly irreverent look at four prominent personalities of the ...

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 ...

Our ancestors came from all over the globe. Let's explore our diverse roots with something we all love: good food and good company! The ""Exploring our Ancestry"" night out series kicks off with ...

A reporter with NBC News who himself grew up at Kehillat Israel accompanied Rabbi Amy Bernstein, Rabbi Daniel Sher and Cantor Chayim Frenkel as they took stock of their synagogue's remarkable survival ...

Just in time for Chanukah, Makers of Israel (makersofisrael.com) is launching to connect Israeli artisans with international customers, following a year of extremely low in-person sales. The website ...

Jake Schneider twirls a new mezuzah between his fingertips as he sits at a wooden table near the front of his deli in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The slim, silver pendant dangling from a chain ...

The Jewish summer camp movement emerged in the late 19 th century to provide Jewish children respite from cramped urban areas, a chance to enjoy being a kid, and a place to live as Jews. In the wake ...

At just 4 years old, Zoey Deutch decided what she wanted to be when she grew up--an actress. The young girl was especially inspired while watching her mother, legendary actress Lea Thompson, perform ...

After several years of negotiations, Hillel International, Illini Hillel, and JUF have reached an agreement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) that reflects a shared goal of ...

Much has changed since my parents sent me to Jewish day school. Yet, the core lessons I learned back then remain the same. What follows are three examples of lessons from day school that ultimately ...