Two generations, one ceremonyShe was born in 1947 in the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons Camp, near Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents, Perla Bless Grunbart and George Grunbart, both came from Hasidic ...

David Denby's Eminent Jews slyly takes its title from Lytton Strachey's 1918 book Eminent Victorians , a group biography that took a mostly irreverent look at four prominent personalities of the ...

Eighteen years ago, Rabbi Jennie Bunde and her husband moved to Galesburg, Ill., and found a community that sustained her family and, unexpectedly, changed the course of her professional life. After a ...

Just in time for Chanukah, Makers of Israel (makersofisrael.com) is launching to connect Israeli artisans with international customers, following a year of extremely low in-person sales. The website ...

Jake Schneider twirls a new mezuzah between his fingertips as he sits at a wooden table near the front of his deli in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The slim, silver pendant dangling from a chain ...

The Jewish summer camp movement emerged in the late 19 th century to provide Jewish children respite from cramped urban areas, a chance to enjoy being a kid, and a place to live as Jews. In the wake ...

At just 4 years old, Zoey Deutch decided what she wanted to be when she grew up--an actress. The young girl was especially inspired while watching her mother, legendary actress Lea Thompson, perform ...

Much has changed since my parents sent me to Jewish day school. Yet, the core lessons I learned back then remain the same. What follows are three examples of lessons from day school that ultimately ...

Before we usher in the Jewish new year, women in our community--dedicated to making the year ahead a brighter one for so many--will gather. They will hear from two extraordinary women who are each ...

Catching up with Josh FrydmanWho are your biggest role models? My parents are huge role models in my life. A role model in my industry is Dan Roan, a retired WGN sportscaster whom I got to learn under ...

Award-winning local author Lisa Barr never could have imagined just how "eerily relevant" her fourth book, Goddess of Warsaw , would be today when she began researching it more than two years ago. And ...

Israel’s Memorial and Independence DaysSame every year, but different this year Israel’s Memorial and Independence Days ...