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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

Chicago

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
FILE- Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters demonstrate 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
IDF veteran Max Long (left) and pro-Israel activist Michael Kaminsky speaking in Chicago, Illinois, November 12, 2024. (Fox News screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2024, 2:18 pm
IDF veteran recounts brutal assault at Chicago campus, vows to continue his activism
Max Long, whose weekly stand invites DePaul University students to talk with him about Israel, says attack left him with concussion, fellow activist with broken arm
By ToI Staff
File: Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary "Quincy" during the Toronto Film Festival on September 7, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
November 4, 2024, 11:28 am
Music titan Quincy Jones, who produced defining hits of 20th century, dies at 91
Jones collaborated with range of artists, from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra; married Jewish actress Peggy Lipton, daughter Rashida starred in ‘The Office’ and ‘Parks and Rec’
By Hillel Italie
Rev. Mitchell L. Ikenna Johnson listens to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during a news conference on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
November 1, 2024, 10:11 am
Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over his antisemitic posts
After Oct. 7, Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson turned his back on positive ties with Jewish community, called Hamas massacre ‘resistance against oppression,’ compared Zionism to Nazism
By Andrew Lapin
Screen capture from video of Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi after being shot and injured by police during an exchange of gunfire in Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 2024. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 1, 2024, 8:36 am
Chicago cops add terror and hate crimes charges to counts facing man who shot Jew
Following criticism from Jewish community, police chief Larry Snelling stresses these charges were not immediately filed because evidence needed to be gathered
By ToI Staff
Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago, speaking on the first day of the Democratic National Convention Monday, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire
Members of Jewish community decry Brandon Johnson’s statement: ‘We’re scared and we need to know that our mayor has our back’
By jacob gurvis
Alderman Debra Silverstein and Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling speak at a press conference after a Jewish man was shot and injured, October 28, 2024. (Screenshot via JTA)
October 29, 2024, 8:49 am
Orthodox Jew shot on way to Chicago synagogue; man charged with attempted murder
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi also allegedly fired at police before being shot; local authorities, Jewish groups urge caution about possible motive; alderman seeks hate crime charge
By jacob gurvis
This image from police-worn body camera, and provided and annotated by the US Justice Department, in the affidavit to support the criminal complaint and arrest warrant for Zachary Allen Kam, shows Kam during his arrest July 24, 2024, during protests in Washington against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the US Congress. (US Department of Justice via AP)
October 11, 2024, 1:33 pm
Chicago man charged with assaulting police at anti-Netanyahu protests in Washington
Zachary Allen Kam, 24, is at least third person charged with crimes over July 24 protest as PM addressed US Congress; Kam said to have scraped, bruised officer
By AP
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