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 ...

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 ...

Sofia, a Holocaust survivor in the Chicago area, has faced countless challenges over the years. As with so many other Jews who were in Europe during World War II, she has sustained her share of loss ...

College is a time of constant transition. Many teens leave home for the first time, transitioning to life away from their families, often on a campus far away. They begin to navigate time and space on ...

Before we usher in the Jewish new year, women in our community--dedicated to making the year ahead a brighter one for so many--will gather. They will hear from two extraordinary women who are each ...

Chicago Police Department Officers Roger Heath, Jr. and Michael Specht understand a bissel Yiddish. And a smattering of Hebrew, too. They know when observant Jews daven--and why cellphones are not ...

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 ...

This month, we bring you the annual "love and relationships" issue, a favorite of our magazine's staff to work on. But in this national moment, it feels tone deaf to focus solely on the joy of love ...