(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 […]
On view through October 15, the event partners local design studios with community organizations to conceive and build pop-up shelters during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, now in second year, aims to build connections between Lawndale's African-American community and city's Jews who used to live there