Many consider this the most joyous day on the Jewish Calendar. My children and their friends at their preschool, for example, ...

In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump administration.

Purim highlights the precariousness of Jewish survival in societies where political currents shift rapidly. Esther, who ...

Pritzker, Illinois’ third Jewish governor whose ancestors fled religious persecution in Ukraine in the late 1800s, said he didn’t “invoke the specter of Nazis lightly” but cited his ...

One exception has been Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Jewish Democrat has denounced the White House rhetoric about immigrants and warned about a constitutional crisis should Trump ignore court ...

Veering from his budget speech, Pritzker, who is Jewish, referred to Nazis no less than six times during his criticism of President Trump and his policies. In a glaring warning to Illinois ...

“The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe a lifetime ago didn’t arrive overnight,” Pritzker, who is Jewish, said in his annual State of the State address. “It started with everyday ...

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The Illinois GOP went so far as to accuse the Jewish governor of making “antisemitic attacks,” without elaborating. But Pritzker, who has yet to reveal whether ...