More than a thousand people gathered in Chicago’s north suburbs Monday evening to mourn, pray and commemorate a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Hamas’ attack killed more than about 1,200 Israelis in the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust and left another 251 people hostage in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. It began a war that has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians and produced spikes in both anti-semitism and Islamaphobia nationwide. As the fighting enters its second year, 101 hostages remain in Gaza, according to the Associated Press. Those 101 hostages were a focal point of […]
Jewish civic leaders, clergy, elected officials gather to remember Oct. 7 attack: ‘We are a people who has said Kaddish too many times’
