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

(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 ...

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 ...

The irony could not be clearer than at Columbia University, where the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning, named after a prominent Jewish philanthropic family, was taken over by Students for ...

“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 ...

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 ...

“It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.” Pritzker, Illinois’ third Jewish governor whose ancestors fled religious persecution in Ukraine in the late ...