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Highland Park

A postcard showing downtown Highland Park in 1943 or 1944. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Highland Park Archives and Local History Collections)
Posted inFirst Person

Pledging allegiance to the Highland Park of my childhood

by Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi and Forward July 27, 2022

As I prepared lunch for a family outing on July Fourth, the news broadcast I was listening to with half an ear delivered a gut-punch. Another mass shooting, but this […]

A memorial site near the scene of the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-Jim Vondruska-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

This couldn’t happen anywhere: How coverage of the shooting failed Highland Park’s Jews

Elad Nehorai by Elad Nehorai and Forward July 11, 2022
A memorial for the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting. (Photo/Forward-Jim Vondruska-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

How the Highland Park shooter destroyed a Russian Jewish family’s American dream and orphaned a 2-year-old

by Rudy Malcom and Forward July 7, 2022
A makeshift memorial for victims of the 4th of July mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-MAX HERMAN-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘The nicest person I’ve ever met’: Friends and family remember Katherine Goldstein, killed in Highland Park shooting

by Jordan Greene and Forward July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
A family embraces each other the day of a mass shooting at a July 4th parade in downtown Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-Max Herman-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I ran for my life from the Highland Park shooting. It will haunt me forever.

by Michael L. Millenson and Forward July 6, 2022
Stephen Straus (right), who was killed in the July 4 shooting, with his son Jon at a family wedding. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Cynthia Straus)
Posted inObituaries

‘Like a big, big oak tree’: Remembering July 4 shooting victim Stephen Straus, 88

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
Jacki Lovi Sundheim was killed during a mass shooting at Highland Park's annual Fourth of July parade. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy North Shore Congregation Israel)
Posted inUncategorized

‘There are no words’: Highland Park recalls shooting victim’s work with Jewish kids, couples

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld, Rudy Malcom and Forward July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
First responders and police force are seen at the scene of the shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, July 4, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Youngrae Kim-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

What you need to know about Highland Park, the very Jewish Chicago suburb rattled by July 4 shooting

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park. (Photo/Forward-Google Street View)
Posted inUncategorized

Suspect in July 4 Highland Park shooting was ‘sizing up’ synagogue

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
Law enforcement officers at the scene of a July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-YOUNGRAE KIM-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘We’re living in an imperfect world’: Highland Park rabbi speaks out after mass shooting in heavily Jewish Chicago suburb

Lauren Markoe by Lauren Markoe and Forward July 5, 2022

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