JNDCC News

On Devon Avenue, according to a headline that ran in the Tribune on Feb. 11,  immigration raids are intensifying fears.
 
Imagine that same headline running in a 1925 edition of the Tribune, with the location being Douglas Boulevard in Lawndale, where so many Jewish immigrants were living.  For me...

The West Ridge Chamber of Commerce has announced the selection of Edin Seferovic as its new Executive Director. Edin will fill the vacancy that Barb Singal left when she stepped down this past fall to focus on her business consultancy, Ease the Day. The selection was made after a search and selec...

Last Friday, Alderman Debra Silverstein announced that the Chicago Police Department will be adding nine new police officers in the 50th Ward, five in the 24th District, which covers West Rogers Park, and four in the 17th District, which covers Peterson Park.
 
On Monday of this week, 24th Distric...

As we have shared on multiple occasions, Jewish Child and Family Services and the JUF / Jewish Federation has been investing in West Rogers Park with the construction and operation of the new Abe and Ida Cooper Center on Pratt and Kedzie. The new building is beautiful and joins the Joy Faith Knap...

Those of us who grew up on the northside of Chicago and are of a certain age...I am 74...have so many memories of the “good old days” of West Rogers Park.  Those of us who live in WRP today but didn’t grow up here have their own very different view of the neighborhood.
 
JCCWRP board member and do...