Illinois Holocaust Museum honors Holocaust victims for Yom HaShoah
Tuesday is Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, a day to honor the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II.
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Tuesday is Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, a day to honor the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II.
Elmhurst University is highlighting a man credited with saving tens of thousands of lives in the Holocaust.
Elmhurst University is highlighting a man credited with saving tens of thousands of lives in the Holocaust.
They are in the exhibition "Stories of Survival: Object, Image, Memory" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360.
A Holocaust survivor is sharing her story for the first time in her life with a group of student journalists and filmmakers in Skokie which includes her great-granddaughter.
Holocaust survivor Erna Gorman endured a harrowing and horrifying journey to escape death at the hands of the Nazis. She lost her mother, her ability to talk and walk, and eventually her mental health, until a psychiatrist helped her see how sharing her memories could unlock her healing.
Holocaust survivor Erna Gorman endured a harrowing and horrifying journey to escape death at the hands of the Nazis. She lost her mother, her ability to talk and walk, and eventually her mental health, until a psychiatrist helped her see how sharing her memories could unlock her healing.
Holocaust memorial officials and historians say a proliferation of "entirely fabricated" digital content is distorting the Nazi's wartime horrors.
Teachers are using AI as a tool to reshape the future of Holocaust education.
The Illinois Holocaust Museum was shut down for a year to undergo construction. Now, the museum is turning a challenge into an opportunity. The museum has created new exhibits, in a new location, so even more people can hear its message.
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will open a downtown satellite location featuring some of its most popular exhibitions.
The Argentine Supreme Court has found documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda materia.
A New York judge has ruled the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing stolen from a Jewish art collector by Nazis in the Holocaust.
A New York judge has ordered the Art Institute of Chicago to surrender a 1916 drawing owned by a Jewish collector that had been stolen by Nazis in the Holocaust.
The Seder is a meal with symbolic food where the story of Passover is told and passed down to the next generation.
The first night of Passover is coming up this Saturday, but one north suburban organization started the organization a few days ahead of time. Shardaa Gray reports.
Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors' stories, has died. She was 113.
Monday is an especially important and solemn occasion — marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland.
While every conservation the group of survivors has is special, Monday is an especially important and solemn occasion — marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland. Megan Hickey reports.
Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.
Janine comes from Viloof, Poland. Dhilan comes from Barrington, Illinois. But the pair are not only best of friends—they're colleagues too.
It explores how and why genocide occurs across geography and time.
The group of survivors meets four times a year, but Friday's meeting just happened to fall on International Women's Day.
While most people probably associate Jewish delis with New York, they also have important roots in Chicago's meat industry.
"They had piles of dead, as high as that TV set or higher, piled up. Just very thin, naked because we would take their clothes."
Business owners say the canceled Cinco de Mayo parade dampens what is typically a time to celebrate Mexican culture in neighborhoods like theirs.
For the first time ever, the Chicago Cubs are hosting a special night honoring Chicago's Jewish American community Wednesday before their game against the Cincinnati Reds.
A Chicago alderwoman is trying to get a better idea of who is on electronic monitoring in Cook County and how they're being tracked. She also wants to know what efforts are being made to track down those with active arrest warrants.
The Meals on Wheels program in DuPage and Kane counties is feeling the effect of high gas prices, especially among the volunteers they rely on to help get meals to senior citizens in need.
Three people were shot in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, fire officials confirmed.
A Chicago alderwoman is trying to get a better idea of who is on electronic monitoring in Cook County and how they're being tracked. She also wants to know what efforts are being made to track down those with active arrest warrants.
Voters are going to the polls Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana — in the Buckeye State, they'll be casting ballots in Senate, House and governor's primary races, while Hoosiers will weigh in on House and state races.
A federal appeals court blocked a FDA rule that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail.
With 60 field organizers, 15 offices, and high-seven-figure spending planned, Iowa Democrats are making their most aggressive midterm investment in years as they target open seats for governor and U.S. Senate.
The 81-year-old former New York City mayor has been hospitalized for pneumonia, his spokesperson said.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
The largest U.S. health insurer said it will eliminate approval requirements for some treatments, including select outpatient surgeries and other procedures.
Thirty years ago, Advocate Children's Hospital created a specialized team to transport the smallest patients to get life-saving care. On the anniversary of the Neonatal Pediatric Transport Team, they unveiled some a new ambulance.
The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
A new $48 million wellness center opened Thursday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life for people on the West Side of Chicago.
La Rabida Children's Hospital went all out for Earth Day on Wednesday, with volunteer cleanup efforts by staffers and activities for patients and families.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Holiday Club in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood will soon be going out of business, as the building that houses the popular bar is set to be torn down.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood Village Board approved a pre-development agreement with the mall, providing a roadmap with the property owner for further preparations and government approvals for redevelopment.
The only remaining location of Pal Joey's pizzeria in Batavia, Illinois, will soon be going out of business, its owner announced this week.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Tickets for the 2026 Ravinia Festival season went on sale Thursday morning.
Utz Quality Foods is recalling some Zapp's and Dirty brand potato chips due to potential salmonella contamination from an ingredient.
Combined with rising costs for operating businesses, owners say this is a difficult time for them.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the U.S.-Iran ceasefire "certainly holds" for now. He called Project Freedom, an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz — which drew Iranian attacks on Monday — a totally separate and "temporary" operation.
Chicago police are investigating a burlgary targeting the video gambling machines at a liquor store in Lincoln Park early Tuesday morning.
The nonprofit serves more than 370,000 meals to about 9,000 seniors each year. Those seniors rely on the meal deliveries and wellbeing checks provided by the organization.
Three people were shot in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, fire officials confirmed.
A teenager was wounded in a shooting on Tuesday morning in west suburban Carol Stream.
A Chicago alderwoman is trying to get a better idea of who is on electronic monitoring in Cook County and how they're being tracked. She also wants to know what efforts are being made to track down those with active arrest warrants.
The Meals on Wheels program in DuPage and Kane counties is feeling the effect of high gas prices, especially among the volunteers they rely on to help get meals to senior citizens in need.
Business owners say the canceled Cinco de Mayo parade dampens what is typically a time to celebrate Mexican culture in neighborhoods like theirs.
Rideshare drivers say it's getting difficult to continue working as gas prices surpass $6 in the city.
More than four months after a Chicago woman battling ALS was told she couldn't get a disabled parking placard in front of her home, the sign is up and her life is about to change.
An elderly woman has essentially abandoned her home of three decades because of constantly broken elevators at her high-rise condo building on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Violent retail crime is on the rise in Illinois, according to a new report from the Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association.
A top administrator in the Libertyville school district has been placed on leave after a fiery school board meeting focused on how the district handled allegations of grooming leveled against a former teacher.
Cuypers has scored in every match he's played in so far, including two goals in three consecutive games.
Munetaka Murakami hit his 14th homer and Miguel Vargas also went deep as the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-0.
The Cubs trailed 3-0 in the fourth before Suzuki tied it with a three-run drive off Chase Petty, Chicago's longest homer of the season.
Graham previously served as the Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Atlanta Hawks.
Chicago's Derek Hill hit a two-run shot that tied it at 3 in the seventh.
A 17-year-old boy has died after police said he was stabbed by another teen over the weekend in southwest suburban Joliet.
Chicago police are investigating a burlgary targeting the video gambling machines at a liquor store in Lincoln Park early Tuesday morning.
Chief Geoff Guttschow, who has an autistic child who drives, says the Blue Envelope Program gives officers a tool to recognize when a driver may need additional communication support.
A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.
Sexual abuse charges were filed this week against a Park City, Illinois, police officer.
