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Police car lights (Credit: tevenet/Pixabay)

April 29, 2026, 9:47 pm

Skokie community ‘angry, scared’ after antisemitic incidents

“We want Skokie to act firmly and rapidly to try and prevent more incidents like this from happening,” Susan Haggard, president of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, told JNS.

By Aaron Bandler

March 24, 2026, 4:03 pm

Feds charge Chicago man with threatening to ‘shoot up a synagogue’ after Khamenei’s killing

Timothy Holmes, 31, also tweeted “From the river to the sea every Jew will die,” according to investigators.

By Philissa Cramer

Claire Marshall's Velma with the ensemble (The National Tour of CHICAGO/Photo by Jeremy Daniel)

March 12, 2026, 9:40 am

‘Chicago’ brings sleek style and sharp satire to Benedum

Razzle dazzle returns:

By Toby Tabachnick

Five Jewish children were shot with pellet guns at Shawnee Park in Skokie, Illinois on Oct. 7, 2025. (Google Streetview)

October 25, 2025, 11:44 pm

Outrage after Jewish kids targeted on Oct. 7 in Chicago area

Parents and advocates want to see hate crimes charges.

By Grace Gilson

View of downtown Chicago, Ill. (Credit: Daniel Schwen/Wikimedia Commons)

May 20, 2025, 9:33 am

Chicago City Council appointee who tore down hostage posters steps down amid backlash

Alderman Debra Silverstein said mayor's decision to appoint Ishan Daya “to a leadership position in Chicago is a deliberate slap in the face to the Jewish community.”

By JNS

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, 9:31 am

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

Larry Snelling, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, announces terrorism and hate-crime charges against a man accused of shooting an Orthodox Jew in Chicago, Oct. 31, 2024. (Source: ABC 7 Chicago/YouTube screen capture)

November 1, 2024, 1:08 pm

Chicago Police announces hate crime, terror charges against gunman accused of shooting Orthodox Jew

"We did not secure these charges because of public pressure or because of media attention," said Larry Snelling, superintendent of the Chicago Police.

By Menachem Wecker and Andrew Bernard

Chicago's Hostage Square was housed in a private empty lot a mile from the main site of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2024. (Ron Kampeas)

August 21, 2024, 11:50 am

At Chicago’s Hostage Square, a mile from the DNC, quiet reflection aims to drown out louder demonstrations

Israel-American Council’s CEO said the Israelis did not have to shout to get their point across to a sympathetic nation.

By Ron Kampeas

(Photo courtesy of Chait Goli via Pexels)

February 1, 2024, 1:25 pm

Mayor breaks tie, as Chicago City Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza

“Skeptics wonder when the mayor will support a ceasefire on the West Side,” wrote “The Wall Street Journal” editorial board.

By JNS

Hazzan Barbara Barnett plays guitar to children's enjoyment. Photo courtesy of Hazzan Barbara Barnett

August 10, 2023, 11:13 am

Pittsburgh newcomer Hazzan Barbara Barnett wants to make prayer more meaningful

'The thing that ties us all together — no matter what movement we are in — is the liturgy and the Torah'

By Adam Reinherz

Irina McCarthy with her husband, Kevin. (Courtesy of GoFundMe)

July 6, 2022, 4:51 pm

‘The love of my life’: Mourning the young parents lost in Highland Park

The gunman also killed her husband, Kevin McCarthy. They leave behind 2-year-old Aiden.

By Rudy Malcom

Chairs and blankets are left abandoned after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images via JTA)

July 6, 2022, 8:28 am

In Highland Park’s Jewish community, few are untouched by deadly mass shooting

Jewish camps and other activities were canceled around the area, and some of the many synagogues in the area announced special services responding to the shooting.

By Leslie Hirschfeld and Andrew Lapin

First responders and police force are seen at the scene of the shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Ill., July 4, 2022. (Youngrae Kim/AFP via Getty Images)

July 5, 2022, 4:34 pm

What you need to know about Highland Park, the Chicago suburb rattled by July 4 shooting

According to a 2020 study of the metropolitan Chicago area by researchers at Brandeis University and the University of Chicago, Highland Park is 50% Jewish.

By Gabe Friedman

Max Lewis (left) served as a leader in the University of Chicago Jewish community. Lewis died after being hit by a stray bullet. Ilan Naibryf served as a leader in the University of Chicago Jewish community. He is missing in the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. (Courtesy of University of Chicago Chabad)

July 7, 2021, 9:40 am

UChicago’s Jewish community reels: one student missing in Surfside, one killed by stray bullet

Both students were prominent in Jewish campus organizations

By Ben Sales

Students at the Ida Crown Jewish Academy pray in an outdoor service while wearing masks and maintaining social distance. The school has reopened with strict COVID protocols. (Ezra Landman-Feigelson via JTA)

November 18, 2020, 2:31 pm

Chicago’s Jewish community is battered by second wave of coronavirus

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced this week that 1 in 18 Chicagoans had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the previous week.

By Shira Hanau