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 ...

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 ...

I love setting the Passover table. Each item on the table has such meaning, and I'm not just talking about the matzoh and the shankbone. I'm talking about the pot that I'm pouring the chicken soup ...

Campers at Sunrise Day Camp-Chicago enjoy interactive activities inside the newly-opened yurt village at the Lake County campus. Sunrise Day Camp-Chicago, a JCC Chicago program, opened its doors in ...

Four generations carry on the tradition of supporting JUF: Jane Cadden Lederman, along with her mother, Edie, daughter, and granddaughter, at a JUF event in 2017. Before we usher in the Jewish new ...

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 ...

While he may be best known for portraying George Constanza on Seinfeld, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor Jason Alexander has an impressive repertoire of roles outside of that lovable schlub. In 2020, the ...

Some of the Senior Series participants celebrating final Senior Series Happy Hour for the class of ’23. (Photo credit: Joshua Sukoff) College is a time of constant transition. Many teens leave home ...

For the 12th straight year, JUF is delighted to present our distinguished annual "Double Chai in the Chi: 36 Under 36" honorees. Truly, they are your honorees-each was nominated by you, the members of ...

Part of the memorial site at Port Clinton Square, created in the days after the shooting. (Photo credit: Matthew Reitman and Jeff Werner) They are forever changed. One year after a gunman opened fire, ...

There's an overload of information in the food and health world--and it can get very confusing. As consumers, we're not sure what to believe anymore. As a Certified Nutrition Consultant, I read a lot ...

The power of POWSAT: CPD Officers Michael Specht (left) and Roger Heath, Jr. help keep synagogues and other religious-based institutions in the Rogers Park neighborhood safe and secure. Chicago Police ...