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A delegation of Chicago faith leaders meet with Pope Leo XIV on May 28, 2026. (Courtesy of Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media)
June 3, 2026, 8:08 am
Gifting Pope Leo a White Sox kippa, Chicago rabbi thanks him for words on Gaza war
Lizzi Heydemann thanks pontiff, who called for release of hostages while denouncing Israel’s military campaign, for ‘holding the humanity of Israelis and Palestinians in the same breath’
By Grace Gilson
Deborah Benson-Ben Aderet in Dubai's Old Town, February 27, 2026 (courtesy)
March 2, 2026, 5:12 am
Israeli who survived 9/11 and October 7 now faces down Iranian missiles in Dubai
Chicago native Deborah Benson-Ben Aderet is stranded in the United Arab Emirates while her two daughters weather the war in their southern Israel home
By Sue Surkes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the Israeli Consulate in Chicago's Hanukkah gathering on December 18, 2025. (Israeli Consulate in Chicago)
December 21, 2025, 6:45 am
Progressive Chicago mayor joins Israeli consulate Hanukkah party with solidarity message
Brandon Johnson, who has called Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza ‘genocidal,’ says he’s grateful for relationship with Jewish state, sends condolences over Bondi Beach attack
By Jacob Magid
Rabbi Hody Nemes stands in front of Hersh's Fridge, a community fridge that serves needy people in Chicago. (Courtesy Nemes)
November 11, 2025, 4:05 pm
‘Hersh’s Fridge’: Chicago teens memorialize slain hostage with public kosher food project
Pioneering initiative supplies kosher food to any who are in need, as cuts to US anti-hunger program create a crisis for some local families
By Orlie Weitzman
A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/ FLASH90)
September 4, 2025, 11:32 pm
After New York, United renews flights from Chicago and Washington to Tel Aviv
Starting in November, US carrier will be only airline offering passengers non-stop service between Tel Aviv and the two American cities
By Sharon Wrobel
Students at Jones College Prep in Chicago hold a sit-in to protest their school's alleged lack of reaction to a student's Nazi-esque Halloween costume, November 7, 2022. (Courtesy of Isaac Simon via JTA)
August 10, 2025, 2:53 am
Concerned by antisemitism, parents lead effort to launch new Jewish high school in Chicago
With private and public schools reportedly failing to address Jew hatred and a lack of non-Orthodox options within city limits, a new initiative is gaining steam
By Grace Gilson
Joseph Czuba, then 71, stands before Circuit Judge Dave Carlson for his arraignment at the Will County courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, October 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 27, 2025, 8:27 am
US killer of Palestinian-American boy in Oct. ’23 hate crime dies in prison aged 73
Landlord Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years for stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi to death and trying to kill the boy’s mother, days after Israel-Hamas war broke out
By AP
Israeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz. Following the cancellation of a screening of his film "Bring the Family Home" by the Facets Film Forum, the Chicago Jewish Alliance rescheduled the screening at the Wilmette Theater in suburban Chicago on May 13, 2025. It was then cancelled again. (Ronit Bezalel via JTA)
May 29, 2025, 6:50 am
Chicago cinema relents after canceling pro-Israel movie screening, then cancels it again
Theater operators claim second cancellation due to ‘harassment’ from filmmaker Kosha Dillz, who denies any improper conduct and says he is ‘extremely let down and exhausted’
By Grace Gilson
Illustrative: A scratched out and defaced KIDNAPPED poster depicting an 84-year-old Israeli taken hostage to Gaza on October 7 as seen in Nim Shapira's film 'TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets.' (Eyal Bau Cohen)
May 21, 2025, 8:59 pm
Chicago mayoral pick resigns amid criticism for tearing down Israeli hostage poster
Video shows Ishan Daya, who was tapped to sit on a sustainability advisory group, ripping down hostage sign he says used ‘racist and dehumanizing’ language for Palestinians
By Grace Gilson
Protesters demonstrate against Israel's war in Gaza on the campus of DePaul University, April 30, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)
May 15, 2025, 2:22 pm
Chicago theater cancels showing of Oct. 7 documentary, citing ‘safety and well-being’
Jewish group says Facets theater ‘shut down a perspective, denied shared humanity, and excluded Jews’ after it axed ‘Bring the Family Home,’ a movie about US campus antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson takes his seat at the witness table during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
April 26, 2025, 11:43 am
Jewish groups protest as Chicago mayor wears keffiyeh for Arab Heritage Month event
Brandon Johnson has long been criticized by local Jewish community for his lack of commitment to its safety and his anti-Israel stance
By Grace Gilson
An anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Northwestern University, April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
April 23, 2025, 6:46 am
Over 100 Chicago-area rabbis, cantors condemn Trump’s campus crackdown
Letter published in local newspaper accuses US administration of using Jewish fears ‘as a fig leaf for an anti-democratic agenda’
By Grace Gilson
DePaul University's Lincoln Park campus (Photo by Kmf164, Wikimedia Commons)
April 18, 2025, 9:05 am
Chicago authorities charge man with hate crime for attack of Jewish DePaul students
Adam Erkan, 20, allegedly assaulted two students in November; one of them says he’s afraid of attending classes on campus because of antisemitic threats against him
By Grace Gilson
A sticker reading 'Heil Elon' that was placed on a Tesla car owned by a Jewish man in Chicago. (Facebook via JTA)
April 2, 2025, 8:26 am
Chicago Jewish man finds swastika protest against Elon Musk on his Tesla
Peter Katz goes public about incident, files police report; days later, perpetrator leaves apology note on his vehicle for causing offense, but still raging at Trump official
By Grace Gilson
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi faced counts of attempted murder and hate crime and terrorism charges. (Cook County Sheriff’s Department)
December 2, 2024, 12:35 pm
Man facing terror charges for shooting US Jew on way to synagogue dies in apparent suicide
Cook County Jail’s Sheriff’s Office says Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi was found in his cell after hanging himself, no previous indication he planned to take his life
By ToI Staff
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