Illinois

Man who murdered Palestinian-American child dies in prison

"This depraved killer has died, but the hate is still alive and well, ” the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Chicago office, stated after Joseph Czuba's death.

Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023.
A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Small Illinois town reeling after Nazi symbol appears in yard

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who according to police was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother for their religion and as a response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, poses in an undated family photograph obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023

Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime that killed Palestinian child

 FILE PHOTO: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks on the day U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an economic policy speech at The Old Post Office in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 28, 2023.

JB Pritzker accuses Trump of ‘disparaging the very foundation of Judaism’


No survivors after small plane hits power lines in Illinois 

The plane, a Cessna 180 single-engine, was carrying aboard two men and two women, none of whom survived the fatal crash.

 Firefighters work near a building engulfed in fire following a plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, U.S., in this picture obtained from social media video and released March 30, 2025.

Illinois man finds rare 18th-century Chinese plate at Goodwill

Experts at Sotheby's verified the plate is from around 1775.

 Illinois man finds rare 18th-century Chinese plate at Goodwill.

Illinois U expands nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students' Zionist identity

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has agreed to extend its nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students from harassment based on Zionist aspects of their identity.

 Protesters flash an inverted triangle, a Hamas symbol, at Baruch College in New York City, June 6, 2024.

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Anti-Israel activists carry out pre-dawn protest, try to wake Jewish Illinois governor

"We might be tired the next day, but they won’t stop us from proudly being Jews."

 Activists of the group "Chicago Youth Liberation for Palestine" protest in support of Palestinians at a Starbucks, amid protests nationwide and calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 31, 2023.

Chicago suburb decries organized antisemitic disruption at council meeting

One man told the council he "saw a rabbi crawl out of a sewer with blood on his face."

 View of Fountain Square in Evanston, Illinois looking south-southeast towards Chicago and Lake Michigan.

This Jewish American school will volunteer in Israel for a month, as result of Hamas massacre

The students will engage in various volunteer activities, including working on farms, providing support to families of soldiers, assisting in hospitals, and preparing care packages for the military.

 The seniors' involvement extends beyond this trip, as evidenced by their participation in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, and advocating for pro-Israel legislation in Chicago, even in the face of antisemitic opposition.

Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish advocates

The lapse of the program is drawing criticism from Jewish leaders in the state, including some who initially did not go to bat for it.

 The Illinois State Capitol from a distance.

Illinois man pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy - media

"Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict," according to local sheriffs.

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who according to police was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother for their religion and as a response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, poses in an undated family photograph obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023

Muslim boy killed in stabbing in Illinois linked to Israel-Gaza war

71-year-old Joseph Czuba is believed to have killed the 6-year-old in a hate crime motivated by the ongoing conflict in Israel.

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who according to police was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother for their religion and as a response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, poses in an undated family photograph obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023

128% increase in antisemitic incidents in Illinois - ADL report

The latest FBI statistics revealed 101 reported hate crimes in 2020, targeting various communities, marking an 80% increase from 2020.

 Danville, Illinois.