The handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest synagogues where people from throughout the region once came to pray.
La Grange’s Caring Place Foundation held its 22nd Annual Christmas Greatest Gift celebration and dinner at First Baptist Church.
A decision by Lake Forest officials limiting the presence of a Menorah in Market Square this year is drawing criticism from some residents who believe the traditional Hanukkah symbol should be in place for the full eight days of the Jewish holiday.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange hopes to make its first presentation of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ an annual event.
On Dec. 26, 1966, Kwanzaa was first celebrated.
The Christmas morning Mass at the jail is an annual event for Cupich, who used it to remind the men that they were not forgotten.
The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730.
The rise in intermarriage is particularly pronounced among American Jews: A Pew Research survey from several years ago found that about 42% of U.S. Jews were married to people who are not Jewish — and among Jewish people who had gotten married since 2010, 61% of those marriages were to people of other faiths.
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope’s stamina and the ability of the Eternal City to welcome them.
Despite some misconceptions, private groups can put up Nativity scenes on public property as an expression of free speech.