Chicago

Border Patrol agent heard calling to 'get aggressive' in video of Chicago shooting

The bodycam footage challenges the Trump administration's account, with additional evidence suggesting the agent had bragged about his marksmanship after the shooting.

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A US Border Patrol officer stands behind tape during demonstrators' standoff with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, October 4, 2025.
A pair of protestors are detained during a protest at the South Texas Family Residential Center, where Adrian Conejo and his son Liam Conejo Ramos, who were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota, were being held on January 28, 2026.

Judge orders release of 5-year-old, father detained in Minnesota ICE raid

Trump orders federal agents to stay away from Democratic-led cities • Chicago mayor tells police to probe allegations of illegal activity by immigration agents

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Michael Kaminsky, Alderman Raymond Lopez, and Jake Rymer decided to change the written law to "define antisemitism fully and completely."

Chicago unanimously adopts IHRA definition, becoming second largest US city to do so

"This is the biggest victory for the Jewish people in Chicago in a very long time," student leader Michael Kaminsky, who spearheaded the bill, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

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Alex Bregman meets the media during his first press conference after signing with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on January 15, 2026.

Alex Bregman, who drew a Jewish star on his cap after October 7, inks $175M deal with the Cubs

Bregman's contract with the Chicago Cubs is the second-largest contract ever signed by a Jewish ballplayer, behind Max Fried’s $218 million contract in 2024.

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Jewish communities warned ahead of antisemitic Day of Hate across the US

The New York Police Department (NYPD) as well as the Chicago Police Department sent out Situational Awareness Alerts on Thursday.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByNOA FEIGENBAUM
A protestor carries a white supremacist and antisemitic sign outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on the second day of jury deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, US, November 17, 2021.

Highland Park shooter made a prank call to a reporter from prison

According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, Robert Crimo III called a reporter from the New York Post on the last day of 2022.

JANUARY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Robert (Bob) E. Crimo III, a person of interest in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, US is seen in this still image obtained from a social media video.

Ethiopian-Israeli musician sings his life journey in the Midwest

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ethiopian-Israeli singer Gili Yalo

US teacher creates new English teaching method in Israel

Deer created a unique way to teach a second language, taking full advantage of the technology in the school and pulling from her Chicago roots.

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
23-year-old Lauren Deer, who volunteers at Gavim School in Be'er Sheva, set up an initiative to teach English through a tour of places, particularly, in her home city of Chicago.

On my daughter's yahrzeit, I asked a question not asked by many - opinion

Normally this annual milestone passes with limited emotion. However, this year is different.

NOVEMBER 21, 2022BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
SHARI HELAINE Pomerantz, of blessed memory, poses for the yearbook upon her graduation from Chicago’s Ida Crown Jewish Academy in 1983

Israeli film “Let It Be Morning” screened at Chicago International Film Festival

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Deputy Consul General Daniel Aschheim

'Kanye was rite': Jewish cemetery vandalized with swastikas

At least 16 headstones were painted with Swastikas and another 23 were defaced at the Am Echod cemetery outside of Chicago.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN, HALEY COHEN
Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss criminal justice reform in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, October 11, 2018.

Pro-Jewish op-ed turned into pro-Palestinian poster at Northwestern University

An op-ed about Jewish pride was turned into a big sign painted with the words "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," at Northwestern University.

NOVEMBER 15, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Pro-Palestinian poster hanging at the Northwestern University campus

Antisemitic attack on Chicago bus didn't happen, Jewish school says

One of the students on the bus made up the story to their parents about the men doing the Nazi salute on the bus.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
A school bus used for transporting New York City public school students is seen driving down 135th avenue in the Queens borough of New York

Noose found at Obama Presidential Center construction site in Chicago

The incident led to a temporary halt in construction, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing the construction consortium that is building the center.

NOVEMBER 11, 2022ByREUTERS
Former US president Barack Obama attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama presidential center in Jackson Park, in Chicago, Illinois, US September 28, 2021.