In Chicago, a Black-led church and a Jewish community are addressing painful history through a Sukkot festival

    (JTA) — Earlier this month, 40 people gathered in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood to design a sukkah. But they hadn’t come together only to build a hut for the Jewish festival of Sukkot, which revolves around Jews erecting and dwelling in temporary structures for a week. For this interfaith, intergenerational group, constructing the impermanent […]

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