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The Levitt Foundation will shut down operations in 2041, spending down its remaining $150 million in assets over the next 18 years.

I grew up a Jewish boy in a South African gold-mining town known as Krugersdorp. I remember sitting in shul (synagogue), enthralled as our learned rabbi expounded how God was a personal God—he would speak to Moses, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to many others. Growing up, I often pondered how I fit into all this. By the time I entered the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, I was deeply concerned that I had no assurance that God was indeed a personal God. I was confident that he was a historical God who had delivered our people from the hands of Pharaoh. But he seemed so far rem...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jewish families look forward to Hanukkah traditions like menorah lighting, dreidel games and lots of latkes. They'll just have to enjoy them remotely, as COVID nixes large gatherings for yet another holiday. On a street lined with Christmas decorations, the Levitts' stands out. But there's no blow up Santa there. "My kids were pretty young and they were wondering why are we always the dark house? And we said, you know what? We don't have to be," said Liz Levitt. What started with a homemade giant menorah nine years ago has since transformed into an impressive display that's a...