Joshua B. Herz and his wife, Jen, have prioritized volunteering with their daughters from a young age. Pictured: The author and his daughters, ages 7 and 10 at the time, delivering boxes with Maot ...

The Klezmatics, the iconic Klezmer band, is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary and will perform at Ravinia’s Martin Theater in December. (Photo credit: Adrian Buckmaster Design - Ann ...

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 ...

Elana Lipman, Esq, cRc’s Director of Divorce Mediation, with Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av (head of) Beth Din (rabbinical court). Couples seeking divorce may embark on a long road, which can be paved with ...

"If we don't have peace in Israel, which is the ultimate sweet gift, then I would say I am looking forward to my friend Cindy bringing me some chocolate rugelach from Boulangerie Cheskie in Montreal.

A few years ago, Allan B. found himself in a position he'd never imagined. A seasoned nonprofit executive who'd worked for years in the Jewish community, he was struggling after a layoff, borrowing ...

"All my life," said Dr. Chaim Rosenberg, "I've been interested in what came before." That interest has served Rosenberg, on the cusp of his 90th birthday, particularly well for many years. A ...

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 ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago, housed in the grand-scale, 13,563-seat Civic Opera building on North Wacker Drive, has been viewed as the city's predominant opera stage since 1954. And, starting in 2020, ...

Buffalo Grove native Josh Frydman is living out his childhood dream: He's a sports reporter for WGN-TV and co-anchor of GN Sports, the network's nightly sports show. Prior to returning to his sweet ...

Coping with grief isn't typical fodder for a comedy show, but the topic plays a starring role in Rachel Bloom's one-woman musical comedy show, Death, Let Me Do My Show. Directed by Seth Barrish, the ...