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In this September 22, 2017 photo, an Uber App is displayed on a phone in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 4, 2018, 8:17 am
Israeli diplomat in US booted from Uber for speaking Hebrew
Ride service suspends driver pending investigation as Itay Milner forced to get out of car in middle of highway in Chicago
By TOI staff
Hungarian Kosher Foods is located in Skokie, Illinois, after moving from Chicago in 1986. (Hungarian Kosher Foods/Facebook/via JTA)
April 16, 2018, 4:05 am
It’s the end of an era for America’s first all-kosher supermarket
When a couple who survived the Holocaust opened Hungarian Kosher Foods in 1973, the idea of having a certified grocery, bakery, and butcher under one roof was unheard of
By Yvette Alt Miller
A view of the House of Israel Temple of Faith, a Black Hebrew congregation. (Google maps)
February 15, 2018, 10:09 am
Fire destroys Black Hebrew temple in Chicago
Firefighters rescue senior citizen and wheelchair-bound woman with multiple sclerosis from upstairs apartments
By JTA
Participants in the New York Women’s March marching with the Workmen’s Circle, Jan 21, 2017. (Courtesy of Workmen’s Circle/JTA)
January 20, 2018, 3:07 am
Jewish groups gear up for Women’s March 2018
The event, which last year took place in cities around the world the day after Trump’s inauguration, is set to kick off Saturday
By Josefin Dolsten
US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (L) during a meeting on prison reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 11, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
January 13, 2018, 3:29 am
Trump partly denies, but also defends, his vulgar immigrant comments
President reportedly asks why US should accept more immigrants from Haiti and 'shithole countries' in Africa
By AP
A worker clears snow from field lines at Soldier Field during an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns in Chicago, December 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
December 25, 2017, 1:50 am
White Christmas on its way for US Northeast, Midwest
Storm system started in Nebraska, swept across Iowa and will dump several inches of snow on Chicago, causing hazardous driving conditions across New England and the Great Plains
By AP
Temple Beth Israel's director of congregational learning Lori Sagarin (fourth from left), Theodore Herzl School principal Tamara Davis (fifth from left) and others beneath Theodor Herzl portrait donated to school by Herzl collector David Matlow, Chicago, December 18, 2017. (Courtesy)
December 24, 2017, 1:51 pm
Jewish Chicagoans play Santa for students at school named for Zionist leader
Three synagogues team up to donate $10,000 worth of Christmas gifts to kids at the Herzl School of Excellence
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An exhibit at the Jewish baseball museum at Milt's Extra Innings in Chicago. At left is deli worker Zahava Auerbach. (Ellen Braunstein/via JTA)
December 18, 2017, 4:12 am
Next to Wrigley, Chicago’s newest kosher deli pitches cured meats and good deeds
The latest addition near the Cubs' home celebrates Jews and America's pastime -- and helps special needs adults find meaningful work
By Ellen Braunstein
Refugees, advocates and faith leaders rallying in front of the White House to call for refugee protections on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2017. (HIAS via JTA)
December 16, 2017, 12:53 am
As Trump lets in fewer refugees, Jewish aid group forced to cut back
HIAS Chicago chapter to shutter its resettlement program, says other cities likely to follow
By JTA
In Weimar, Germany, Adolf Hitler participates in a Nazi party rally, 1930 (public domain)
December 15, 2017, 12:17 pm
Chicago parents fume over Hitler homework assignment
Students asked to 'create a comic strip for little kids that exemplifies Europe’s appeasement' toward Nazi leader
By JTA
Screen capture from video of Holocaust survivor Benjamin Scheinkopf. (YouTube)
November 23, 2017, 4:30 pm
Auschwitz inmate, who survived by cutting hair, dies aged 98
Benjamin Scheinkopf, who worked for 60 years as a barber after moving to the US, was 97 when he retired
By Stuart Winer
Former US president Barack Obama arrives for Cook County jury duty at the Daley Center on November 8, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois (Joshua Lott/Getty Images/AFP)
November 8, 2017, 8:54 pm
Obama answers call for jury duty in Chicago
Former US president arrives at local court house by motorcade to see if he will be selected to serve
By DON BABWIN
Students raise their hand as they direct questions to Holocaust survivor Adina Sella as she is displayed on a three-dimensional hologram at the Take A Stand Center in the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on October 26, 2017, in Skokie, Illinois. (Joshua Lott/AFP)
October 28, 2017, 2:14 am
US museum debuts first 3-D holograms of Holocaust survivors
Chicago exhibit uses voice-recognition technology and machine learning to let visitors ask questions about hardships under Nazi regime
By Nova SAFO
Supporters of Abdella Ahmad Tounisi leave the Dirksen US Courthouse in Chicago on October 19, 2017, after Tounisi was sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)
October 20, 2017, 5:45 am
US man gets 15 years in prison for trying to join Syrian jihadists
Judge says he would have liked tougher sentence for Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, who, on reflection, thanks FBI for catching him
By Michael Tarm
Part of Reno Ave. near South Las Vegas Blvd is blocked with police tape in the aftermath of a mass shooting Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
October 5, 2017, 8:46 pm
Did the Las Vegas gunman target other music festivals?
Stephen Paddock rented rooms overlooking two other music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago, authorities say
By Ken Ritter, MICHAEL BALSAMO and SADIE GURMAN
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