JUF amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place — for everyone. Community powered, we consider the totality of local and global Jewish needs and how to address them. From ...

Check out this year's 12th annual Double Chai in the Chi: Chicago's Jewish 36 Under 36 list of talented, difference-making Jewish young adults in our city, presented by YLD and Jewish Chicago: The JUF ...

Thinking about sending your kid to Jewish overnight camp this summer? Join our virtual info session to hear from camp representatives from a selection of camps in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan and ...

Israelis hold photographs of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas at a gathering calling for their release at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) (JTA) - Shiri, Kfir and ...

18 Doors’ Chicago Director Andy Kirschner (left) and Jews of Beverly Co-Founder Emily Lambert lead candle lighting at a Shabbat event in the Dan Ryan Woods. (Photo Credit: Rose Kirschner) Many ...

Doctors require two specific images of each breast to interpret mammograms properly. Sometimes more than four photos are necessary. (Photo courtesy of izusek/Getty Images) When Yaffa Leah Field was in ...

A scene from JCC FIlm Fest's Bad Shabbos, starring Kyra Sedgwick. Reflecting on the selections for the 12th annual JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Ilene Uhlmann realized that all of its 19 films ...

A Ukrainian refugee receives help at the Korczowa-Krakowiec border crossing in Poland. (Photo credit: Eyal Warsavsky, Jewish Federations of North America) A letter to our community: On Feb. 24, 2025, ...

In recent years, we seem to be playing a "bad news" version of whac-a-mole: political polarization, mass shootings, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, the California fires, plane crashes--and, of course, ...

The war thrust upon Israel on October 7 has had catastrophic and multi-faceted effect on our country. While the Israel Defense Forces successfully fought Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, the Houthis in Yemen, ...

Tom Nesher's debut film Come Closer, inspired by the sudden loss of her brother Ari in a 2018 hit-and-run accident, was Israel’s entry to the 2025 Academy Awards. Nesher appears in an exclusive ...

Magician Jan Rose performing at the Chicago Magic Lounge. (Photo credit: Sarah Elizabeth Larson, courtesy of Chicago Magic Lounge) The ever-popular English proverb "March comes in like a lion and goes ...