The Young Leadership Division of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is committed to building a better Jewish community in Chicago, Israel, and throughout the world. We ...

"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 ...

AM for the Jewish Federation Annual Meeting as we elect our new board slate, acknowledge our outgoing board, honor this year's award recipients, and hear from JUF President Lonnie Nasatir. This annual ...

Ryan Merkow—pictured with his wife and daughter—studied for his adult bar mitzvah in 2023. At 13, Ryan Merkow didn't have a bar mitzvah. But three decades later, Merkow--now a surgical oncologist ...

Olivia Goosman, Jack Roden, and company in the National Tour of Parade. (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) "Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August." In thinking about the eighth month of the year, I ...

Libenu, a JUF/Encompass partner agency serving people with disabilities in the Chicago Jewish community, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the City of Chicago Department of Planning and ...

Suburban mayors convene to discuss antisemitism response"It's not just up to me as an elected official [or] if I am a member of the Jewish community," Brown said. "Whatever community I'm involved in, ...

When Susan Weiss Liebman's pregnant niece died suddenly at the age of 36, the geneticist uncovered a family mystery dating back generations. "I believe I became a geneticist…because I was destined to ...

At just 33 years of age, Mike Berman landed his dream job in Chicago. The Northbrook-raised lifelong sports fan nabbed the gig as a sports reporter for NBC Chicago in 2016 and has since interviewed ...

As summer wanes, I remember my youthful summers at a certain Midwestern summer camp, where the songs of Debbie Friedman filled the air. She'd often begin with a short verse from scripture or liturgy, ...

With immense pride, I joined leaders from Chicago's Jewish community in the galleries of the Illinois State House and Senate in May. From above each chamber floor, we watched State Senator Laura Fine ...

The author, on a humanitarian aid visit to a Druze village, wearing one of the Kevlar vests donated by JUF to Israeli Druze community security teams. When, after 54 years, the Assad regime ...