Antisemitism & White Supremacy Posts

April 22, 2025

100+ Jewish clergy speak out against attacks on democracy

More than 100 rabbis and clergy from across the Chicagoland area have published a bold letter in the Chicago...

April 04, 2025

Project Esther and the fight for inclusive democracy

Over the past month, we’ve watched with alarm as the Trump administration escalates its attacks on civil liberties and...

July 20, 2024

Building safety through solidarity

On Tuesday, July 16, JCUA held a discussion with writer, researcher, and activist Ben Lorber on his new book...

July 09, 2024

City Council testimony from Joe Grant

On June 27, 2024, JCUA community organizer Joe Grant delivered the following testimony before a joint meeting of Chicago’s...

April 19, 2024

A Passover message from our Executive Director

Dear JCUA family, As Passover approaches, many of us are in the midst of preparation. In my family, we’re...

February 09, 2021

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs opposes government use of IHRA definition of antisemitism

February 2021 — For 57 years, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) has worked to advance racial and economic...

May 08, 2020

JCUA statement on rising antisemitism during coronavirus pandemic

We were deeply disturbed to see a swastika sign and other Nazi imagery appear at protests outside the Illinois statehouse last...