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Anti-Zionist group Neturei Karta protest against Israel, in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on May 14, 2024

Chicago rabbi’s encounter with anti-Zionist leaflet inspired him to make new podcast on Zionism

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

A general view of a NASCAR sign next to Buckingham Fountain. Chicago, Illinois. June 27, 2023.

Chicago's Buckingham Fountain vandalized by anti-Israel activists

By MICHAEL STARR

Jeremiah Smith inside his truck that has digital screens meant to raise awareness for Israelis taken hostage by Hamas last year on May 31, 2024, near Bartelme Park in Chicago. Smith was inspired to join the campaign to raise awareness because a friend, Hersh Polin-Goldberg, is among the hostages.

Chicago truck driver raises awareness for childhood friend held hostage in Gaza

By Kate Armanini/Chicago Tribune/TNS

The house from the hit movie 'Home Alone' is seen in Illinois.

Keep the change you filthy animal: 'Home Alone' house hits market for $5.25m.

By Jessica Jones-Gorman/LA Times/TNS

An ElAl boeing 744 plane.

How this Jewish Chicago day school pulled off a last-minute, multi-generational Israel service trip

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Palestinian-Americans and their supporters protest as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continues, outside the Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago, US, October 8, 2023.

Bags with antisemitic flyers and what may be rat poison placed in Chicago

By MICHAEL STARR

FROM LEFT: AJC assistant director Susan Evans, Bar Rudaeff, Yaniv Yaakov, and the writer venture into the heart of Chicago, advocating for the release of Israeli hostages.

Advocating for hostages in the streets of Chicago

By NOAM BEDEIN

View of Fountain Square in Evanston, Illinois looking south-southeast towards Chicago and Lake Michigan.

Chicago suburb decries organized antisemitic disruption at council meeting

By MICHAEL STARR

Students leave William Wells High School, part of Chicago Public Schools, March 14, 2022, in Chicago Illinois. CPS is the subject of a new federal Title VI discrimination investigation with the Department of Education.

Chicago school district faces faces Title VI investigation after pro-Palestinian walkout

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago faces antisemitic vandalism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The seniors' involvement extends beyond this trip, as evidenced by their participation in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, and advocating for pro-Israel legislation in Chicago, even in the face of antisemitic opposition.

This Jewish American school will volunteer in Israel for a month, as result of Hamas massacre

RAHM EMANUEL, former mayor of Chicago, speaks during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, in Washington last yea

Antisemitic 'Nazi' graffiti left on former Chicago mayor's home

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Skokie Public Library, September 23 2023.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators batter pro-Israel activist helping old man in Skokie

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mourners attend a funeral prayer for Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who according to police was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother for their religion and as a response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Bridgeview, Illinois, U.S. October 16, 2023.

After a Palestinian-American child is stabbed to death, Jewish groups across the spectrum speak out

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

A sukkah

Black-led church, Jewish community address painful history through Sukkot

By LINDSAY EANET/JTA

Kia, Hyundai sued over alleged anti-crime feature failings

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AWE: VIA Dolorosa, between fifth and sixth stations, looking east; Jerusalem’s Old City; 1898-1946.

Do more people love Israel than we think? - opinion

By BARBARA SOFER

THE DR. Nicolae Cajal Museum of Jewish History and Culture, in Romania.

Philadelphia’s American Jewish history museum extends free admission

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA