Category Archives: Chicago

Preaching to the margins: Chicago synagogue adopts anti-Zionism as a ‘core value’

FORWARD Chicago synagogue officially designates itself ‘anti-Zionist’ Arno Rosenfeld March 31, 2022 Tzedek Chicago was founded seven years ago, in part, to create a Jewish community free from a strong attachment to Israel. The congregation went beyond its original “non-Zionism” … Continue reading

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“This inability to denounce SJP’s incendiary post appears to be part of a pattern by the University of Chicago to deliberately avoid addressing antisemitism when such incidents occur on campus”

ALGEMEINER UChicago Condemns ‘Anti-Palestinian Bias’ After SJP Urges Boycott of ‘Sh*tty Zionist Classes’ by Rachel O’Donoghue February 17, 2022 If one needed any further evidence of the widespread antisemitism and anti-Israel hostility on college campuses in the United States, you … Continue reading

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New Twist in Chicago area Dem Rep’s Bribery Scandal: Negotiating Anti-Israel Positions

JTA Pro-Palestinian influence at center of congressional bribery allegations by Ron Kampeas February 3, 2022 An alleged bid to get a freshman congresswoman to adopt pro-Palestinian stances is at the center of a bribery scandal dating back to 2018. Rep. … Continue reading

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Progressive litmus test rattles elite Chicago school admissions

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN Chicago’s Latin School Screens Jewish Families for Wokeness by Michael J. Bernard December 21, 2021 The Latin School of Chicago is earning a reputation among the Windy City’s Jewish community of screening parents for wokeness, according to multiple … Continue reading

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“Chicago was one of the many cities that saw a surge in homicides in the past year, and University of Chicago was not immune from that violence”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Students at University of Chicago discover the folly of abolishing the police by Zachary Faria November 18, 2021 It isn’t just Democrat-run cities that have learned how ridiculous their embrace of “defund the police” has been. Now, students … Continue reading

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