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 ...

Reflecting on the selections for the 12th annual JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Ilene Uhlmann realized that all of its 19 films were tied together by a common theme: resilience. This is a hallmark ...

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 ...

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 ...

"I'm a daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I'm very loud and proud on social media, and I write World War II thrillers that center around the Holocaust. So I am fodder for the haters out there," said ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a tradition for students at Chicago Jewish Day School (CJDS) to take their first trip to Israel as kindergarteners. They fly on an El Al flight, eat Israeli food, visit the Shuk, and see other ...

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 ...

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 ...

There, an unlikely group--an order of nuns--would help propel Rubovits to enter the Jewish communal world by teaching him about "mission-driven work." The Sisters of Mercy, who owned and operated the ...