Illinois
Chicago Jewish theater drops Naomi Ragen play, says actors feared repercussions of working with her
Ragen told JTA that while it is “strange to get such a response from a Jewish venue,” particularly one whose mission statement includes Holocaust education, she is not angry.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Chicago's Israeli consulate to protest settler violence
Jewish progressive prevails in closely watched Illinois primary, blasting AIPAC in victory speech
Illinois Senate candidate Robin Kelly says Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime that killed Palestinian child
Joseph Czuba was found guilty by an Illinois jury in early February.
JB Pritzker accuses Trump of ‘disparaging the very foundation of Judaism’
Illinois governor rebuked Trump for "disparaging the very foundation of Judaism" in a fiery address in New Hampshire Sunday night.
No survivors after small plane hits power lines in Illinois
The plane, a Cessna 180 single-engine, was carrying aboard two men and two women, none of whom survived the fatal crash.
Illinois man finds rare 18th-century Chinese plate at Goodwill
Experts at Sotheby's verified the plate is from around 1775.
Illinois U expands nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students' Zionist identity
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has agreed to extend its nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students from harassment based on Zionist aspects of their identity.
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Anti-Israel activists carry out pre-dawn protest, try to wake Jewish Illinois governor
"We might be tired the next day, but they won’t stop us from proudly being Jews."
Chicago suburb decries organized antisemitic disruption at council meeting
One man told the council he "saw a rabbi crawl out of a sewer with blood on his face."
This Jewish American school will volunteer in Israel for a month, as result of Hamas massacre
The students will engage in various volunteer activities, including working on farms, providing support to families of soldiers, assisting in hospitals, and preparing care packages for the military.
Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish advocates
The lapse of the program is drawing criticism from Jewish leaders in the state, including some who initially did not go to bat for it.
