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Category Archives: Chicago
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (again) signals his contempt for Israel and the Jewish community
JNS ‘Outrageous’ says Chicago Jewish Alliance of city’s mayor wearing keffiyeh April 24, 2025 The Chicago Jewish Alliance denounced Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday after the local chapter of the Council on American–Islamic Relations posted a photo of him … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, architecture, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson
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Reprimand against antisemitic Chicago therapist doesn’t require her to apologize to the therapists whose names she shared publicly, nor does it affect her ability to continue practicing in Illinois
JEWISH INSIDER Chicago therapist who created blacklist of ‘Zionist’ therapists disciplined by state licensing body Gabby Deutch April 4, 2025 A Chicago therapist who created a blacklist of “Zionist” therapists that she said people should avoid was reprimanded by Illinois’ professional … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Chicago, Heba Ibrahim Joudeh, Illinois
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Meanwhile in Highland Park: Kim Stone Should Have Recused Herself
HIGHLAND PARK NEWS Pavergate Josh Harris March 27, 2025 A lot has been said about “Pavergate,” the controversy over Highland Park Council Member Kim Stone’s vote to install permeable pavers on the alley leading to and facing onto her home. … Continue reading
“Illinois public school staff forced girls to change in front of a boy and actually stood guard in the locker room to make sure they couldn’t escape”
LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE Deerfield middle school administrators force teen girls to change in front of boy in school locker room March 14, 2025 Deerfield School District 109 administrators forced teen girls at Shepard Middle School to change in front of … Continue reading
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Chicago: After defending Israel in Gaza, Max Long was assaulted at DePaul University; Long is still dealing with the remnants of concussion from attack
AISH This Lone IDF Soldier Was Assaulted at DePaul and Is Still Speaking Out on Campus Kylie Ora Lobell February 24, 2025 When October 7 happened, IDF reservist and lone soldier Max Long was called up for duty. He was … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Chicago, DePaul University, Max Long
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Chicago Teachers Union is the most powerful public sector union in the US, a political behemoth of the city that, quite literally, elected Brandon Johnson Mayor.
NATIONAL REVIEW Brandon Johnson Wasn’t on the Ballot in Chicago, but Went Down in Flames on Tuesday Anyway Jeffrey Blehar November 8, 2024 Readers of National Review have become well familiar with Brandon Johnson’s reign of error as mayor of Chicago over … Continue reading
“An antisemitic terrorist attack in one of America’s largest cities was made possible by Ms. Harris’s immigration policies”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Chicago Plays Down an Antisemitic Hate Crime Richard Goldberg November 4, 2024 A Mauritanian man who illegally entered the U.S. went to West Rogers Park, Chicago’s largest Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, on Oct. 26 and allegedly shot a … Continue reading
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Law-enforcement officials have confirmed that Chicago shooter is an illegal immigrant from Mauritania
NATIONAL REVIEW Suspect in Shooting of Chicago Jewish Man Is a Released Illegal Immigrant Haley Strack October 30, 2024 Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, the 22-year-old Muslim man suspected of shooting a 39-year-old Jewish man who was on his way to synagogue … Continue reading
Highland Parkers: Turn over your ballot and VOTE “YES” on the referendum to allow ALL residents who wish to serve on the Council the ability to do so
THE RECORD Background and breakdown of Highland Park’s liquor-license referendum Joe Coughlin October 24, 2024 A topic that polarized Highland Park for much of 2024 finds its way to the ballot this election. Voters can weigh in on whether the … Continue reading
Anti-Israel group “accused Schneider of being complicit in “genocide” because he has voted for emergency defense assistance for Israel and to defund UNRWA”
JTA Hostage posters ripped off the wall outside Brad Schneider’s office Ron Kampeas July 5, 2024 Vandals tore down Israeli hostage posters hanging outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Brad Schneider, an Illinois Democrat, a week after pro-Palestinian activists … Continue reading