Joel L. Rubin

Commentary: Chicago Forward — For teens, isolation during the pandemic can trigger mental health issues

July 25, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.

The invisible effects of our current coronavirus lockdown — anxiety, fear, isolation — have created an America in crisis. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey in early April found that 45%...

McDonald’s legacy

August 21, 2021 at 6:51 a.m.

We want to express our appreciation to the Chicago Tribune for its March 23 editorial "McDonald's legacy: Safer kids," detailing the accomplishments of outgoing Department of Children and Family Services...

SEARCHING FOR MEANINGFUL GUN CONTROL

August 10, 2021 at 10:07 p.m.

On Sept. 14 the American Jewish Congress Midwest Region joined with our sister regions around the country in issuing a national call to action to gather a million signatures or...

PURSUIT OF PEACE

August 11, 2021 at 6:46 p.m.

The bomb blast in Tel Aviv occurred on the eve of the festival of Purim, a holiday commemorating the Jewish people's defeat of the terrible adversary called Haman, one that...

HATE MESSAGE

August 19, 2021 at 5:06 a.m.

The grotesque comments of Nation of Islam National Youth Minister Quannell X, Minister Khallid Muhammad and one-time Chicago mayoral aide Steve Cokely show clearly that Minister Louis Farrakhan's insistence that...

TERRORIST GLORIFIED

August 19, 2021 at 5:15 a.m.

As an organization that has shown continuous support for the advancement of human rights for all people and has unequivocally endorsed the Middle East peace process even amidst the deplorable...

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