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(JTA) - When tickets for Los Angeles Infinite Light Festival went on sale in October, just a week after Hamas brutal attack on Israel, sales were

“We’re in a time of awful antisemitism, historic levels,” Kulbersh said. “I think the idea of inviting our non-Jewish allies to add their light to ours in a time of darkness has really moved people.”

(JTA) — When tickets for Los Angeles’ Infinite Light Festival went on sale in October, just a week after Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel, sales were brisk. In fact, tickets

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is an eight-day commemoration that begins Thursday.

Antisemitic incidents and white supremacist propaganda doubled in Illinois last year, the watchdog group’s report shows. Statewide hate crimes have risen 80% since 2020, it continued.

Good morning, Chicago. A new shelter opened in Pilsen Tuesday amid growing backlash from some in the Latino community who feel that immigration reform and the neighborhood’s recent property tax hike has taken a back seat to the migrant crisis. Just weeks after a volunteer-run shelter in Pilsen was forced to close because of a lack of funding and volunteer support, the new migrant shelter, now ...

The Anti-Defamation League said there has been an 80% increase in Illinois hate crimes in just 1 year. Planned Parenthood said it can tell.

Lee Zoldan remembers the 2017 attack on her downtown synagogue every time she walks in the building. “Those windows were broken. Nazi stickers were placed on those doors,” the Chicago Loop Synagogue president recalled Tuesday. “The windows were replaced. The stickers were removed. But the invisible scars remain.” Years later, the same hate and extremism that shook Zoldan’s congregation has ...

Anti-Semitism and attacks on LGBTQ and women’s health increased in last three years in Illinois, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Briefing on Capitol Hill ahead of Rosh Hashanah focused on general safety at Jewish institutions, spate of false bomb threats that cause significant disruption with minimal effort