Journal Archive 2020s
CJHS Journal Archive
2025
Fall
- Abraham Gottlieb and the Chicago World’s Fair
- The Jewishness of Buffalo Grove: An Appraisal
- Shoshanah Seidman, Judaica Librarian
- David Silverman, Chicago Poet
- New Board Members: Rabbi Larry Edwards and Dr. Jessica Kirzane
- Ken Holtzman: Athlete, Scholar, and Jewish Role Model
- Sybil Mervis, an Exhibit at the Illinois State Museum
Summer
- Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch and Jane Addams: A Not-So-Odd Couple. Part II
- Establishing a Rosenwald National Park
- CJHS Remembers Sidney D. Amdur
- CJHS Programs: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Chicago Synagogues I Have Known
- Jewish Baseball Moments
Spring
- Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch and Jane Addams: A Not-So-Odd Couple
- The Hunt for David Bekker
- More Tales from the Shomrim Society
- Notes to My Granddaughter: A Child in Chicago During World War II
- Jewish Chicago and Charleston, South Carolina: Exploring Differences and Commonalities
Winter
- Chicago: An Incubator for the American Dream
- Reflections on the Jewish History of Humboldt Park
- More on Chicago’s Jewish Pharmacies
- My Son, the Jewish Policeman. More Tales from the Shomrim Society
- CJHS Welcomes Ray Asher to the Board
- Mike Todd and the 80-Day Sensation
- Oak Park-River Forest’s Jewish Community: 1945-Present. Part II
2024
Fall
- Oak Park’s Jewish Community 1916-1945
- Chicago’s First Jewish Hospital
- Interview with Author Michael Soffer
- Book Review: “A Rosenberg by Any Other Name”
- More Tales from Shomrim: My Daughter, the Policewoman
- Chicago Remembers Hersh Goldberg-Polin
- Cancel Culture Extends to Jewish Books
Summer
- Chicago’s Jewish Pharmacies
- My Son, the Jewish Policeman—More Tales
- The Jews of Illinois Valley
- The Bochurs of Summer
- More “Anshe Moments”
Spring
- Chicago’s Two Yiddish Dailies
- CJHS June Program Presents Chicago Maven Neal Samors
- My Son, the Jewish Policeman
- Remembering Leah Axelrod
- Program Recap: The Yiddish “Young Chicago” Poets
Winter
- Celebrating 150 Years: Anshe Emet Synagogue
- The Jewish Chaplaincy Community Initiative
- Welcome to CJHS’ New Treasurer
- Yiddish Young Chicago Poets
- From Chicago to Harvard and Back: The Horween Brothers
- Chicago’s Landsmanshaften
2023
Fall
- Reflections on Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf and Congregation Solel
- Remembering Dr. Irving Cutler: 100 Years of Caring and Commitment
- Revisiting Albany Park
- The Yeshiva: A Century of Torah and Leadership
- Meet CJHS Author Dr. Sandra McGee Deutsch
- “Arrested Development: The Secret Life of Nathan Leopold”
Summer
- Growing Up Jewish in Sawyer, Michigan
- Marek Szwarc: Uncovering an Artistic Mystery
- Chicago’s Sephardic Congregation
- Q-and-A with Rep. Jan Schakowsky
- Chicago’s First LGBTQIA+ Synagogue: Or Chadash
- Artist Beverly Ellstrand
- Union Pier Bar Mitzvah Prep
- Muriel Robin Rogers Prize
Spring
- The Controversial Legacy of Sol Bloom
- Portrait of a Jewish Family from Danville
- Congregation Beth Jacob, Lakeside, Michigan
- Jewish Child Labor in Chicago
- Will Wonders Never Cease?
- Profile in Courage: Elmer Fisher
- War Letters
- A Day at the Museum: Summer Tour
- A Visit to the National Library of Israel
Winter
- Adventures on Chicago’s West Side
- Jews and the 1893 Columbian Exposition
- The Palestinian Shul
- Toby, Danny, and The Bagel
- Jewish Servicemen from Chicago
- Synagogues of Chicago’s South Side
- The Jewish Chicago Research Portal
2022
Fall
- THE ANNUAL BOOK ISSUE
- North Lawndale — Then and Now
- Clara Landsberg: Part II
- Member Profile: Dr. Jessica Kirzane
- Chicago’s American Jewish Artists Club
- Remembering a Chicago Jewish Deli Man: Dan Wolf
- CJHS-JNDC West Rogers Park Photo Exhibit
- CJHS Upcoming Program: The Jewish History of Shure Incorporated
Summer
- Bakeries and Community: Shore Bakeries
- Jews in the Produce Business
- Life Lessons in the Jewelry Business
- Clara Landsberg and Hull House
- Revisiting Waldheim Cemetery
- Israeli Dancing in Chicago
- Remembering Clare “Chaikey” Greenberg
- Chicagoan Preserves His Grandfather’s Artistic Legacy
- West Rogers Park Jewish Photo Exhibit
Spring
- The Education of a Budding Jewish Activist
- The Jewish Beginnings of WFMT
- An Interesting Artifact from 1946
- The Genesis of Jewish Studies at UIUC
- The History of Sheerit Hapleitah
- A Visit to the Pritzker Military Museum and Library
- The Jews of Summer: An Exhibit in Berrien County, Michigan
Winter
- The Mervis Archives at UIUC
- Chicagoans in the Jewish Legion
- From Budapest to Chicago: Reflections on an Immigrant Experience
- CJHS Program Recap: North Side Shuls
- Urbana-Champaign Memories Continued
- The History of the Ida Crown Jewish Academy
- Thank You, and Best Wishes
- A Year in Review: 2021 CJHS Programs
2021
Fall
- THE ANNUAL BOOK ISSUE
- Around Chicago in 90-Plus Years
- Chicago’s Young Jewish Athletes
- Anne Rorimer’s “Monuments Man”
- The Librarian Recommends: Rachel Kamin’s Reading List
- New and Notable Books
- Book Review: “Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel”
- Urbana-Champaign Memories: Alvin Sokolow, Ph.D.
- The High Holy Days: A Walk to Shul in North Lawndale
- We Want You—and Your (West Rogers Park) Images!
Summer
- Who’s New? Dr. Eliot Slovin
- Maxwell Street—Then and Now
- Urbana–Champaign: The Pride of Hillels
- The Kulle Affair: Part II
- Let’s Dance
- Jews for the Birds
- Jon Scheyer: The Sporting Life
Spring
- The Three Patriots Monument: Why It Matters
- Aviva Futorian, Civil Rights Attorney
- The Kulle Affair: A Nazi Hiding in Plain Sight
- Quincy’s Jewish Families
- Cynthia F. Gensheimer, Historian of Midwest’s Jews
- Pesach in the Early 1940s
- Poetry Corner: “The Shabbos Candles”
Winter
- A Mural Thrives in Chicago
- The Stories of Chicago’s Jewish Vendors
- Flags of the Forefathers and Foremothers
- Growing Up in North Lawndale
- Chicago Jewish History Curriculum Initiative
- Zoom Roundups: Jewish Summer Camp and Abraham Kohn
- Chicago’s Big Machers in the White House
2020
Fall
- THE ANNUAL BOOK ISSUE
- Of Golems and Girls
- Children’s Book Corner
- New and Notable Books
- Books by CJHS Members
- Ode to the Indie Bookstore
- A Tribute to Librarian Dan Sharon
- New Membership Chair Patti Ray
Summer
- Jewish Women’s Efforts to Pass the 19th Amendment
- New Members: The Honorable George and Susan Van Dusen
- History of the Danville, Illinois, Jewish Community
- In Memoriam: Dr. Adele Hast
- CJHS’ First Zoom Program: “The Kosher Capones”
- Profile of Artist Jerry Pritikin
- Ha-Kol Annual: Iyar 5698
- Jews on Skid Row During the Great Depression
Spring
- Art Meets Activism: Peggy Lipschutz
- The CJHS in the “New Normal’
- Wanderlust: Chagall’s The Four Seasons
- What’s Nu? The Ryder-Adams Family
- Dr. Irving Cutler’s “My Mother, the Jailbird”
Winter
- New Feature on New Member: Marshall Fields
- A Daughter Charts Her Father’s Jewish Journey Through Chicago
- Recalling Two Chicago Jews of Valor
- A Second Look at Chicago Artist David Bekker
- A Legacy of Giving
- Save the Dates: May 17 and June 14