Illinois
Small Illinois town reeling after Nazi symbol appears in yard
A swastika mowed into a front lawn in the Illinois town of Alhambra prompted a hate-crime investigation by Madison County authorities last week.
Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime that killed Palestinian child
JB Pritzker accuses Trump of ‘disparaging the very foundation of Judaism’
No survivors after small plane hits power lines in Illinois
Illinois man finds rare 18th-century Chinese plate at Goodwill
Experts at Sotheby's verified the plate is from around 1775.
Illinois U expands nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students' Zionist identity
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has agreed to extend its nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students from harassment based on Zionist aspects of their identity.
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Anti-Israel activists carry out pre-dawn protest, try to wake Jewish Illinois governor
"We might be tired the next day, but they won’t stop us from proudly being Jews."
Chicago suburb decries organized antisemitic disruption at council meeting
One man told the council he "saw a rabbi crawl out of a sewer with blood on his face."
This Jewish American school will volunteer in Israel for a month, as result of Hamas massacre
The students will engage in various volunteer activities, including working on farms, providing support to families of soldiers, assisting in hospitals, and preparing care packages for the military.
Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish advocates
The lapse of the program is drawing criticism from Jewish leaders in the state, including some who initially did not go to bat for it.
Illinois man pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy - media
"Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict," according to local sheriffs.
Muslim boy killed in stabbing in Illinois linked to Israel-Gaza war
71-year-old Joseph Czuba is believed to have killed the 6-year-old in a hate crime motivated by the ongoing conflict in Israel.
128% increase in antisemitic incidents in Illinois - ADL report
The latest FBI statistics revealed 101 reported hate crimes in 2020, targeting various communities, marking an 80% increase from 2020.
Illinois top court upholds state's assault weapons ban
The state's high court rejected arguments that the ban violated the Illinois Constitution by not applying the law equally to all citizens.
