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Sunday morning customers, passersby enjoy sidewalk jam session at Ravinia Coffee Station

By Donald Liebenson, Special to the Tribune

3:14 p.m. CDT, July 6, 2014

The Ravinia Coffee Station has introduced a new Sunday morning perk to the neighborhood: live music.

Weather permitting, it's a scene out of the classic Creedence Clearwater song. Down on the corner and out on the sidewalk, owner Josh Weisbart and a recurring line-up of musicians play acoustic music to lift the spirits of customers and passersby. "It's wonderful to find live music just happening," said Laura Davis Sherman of Highland Park. "It's a really great pause in the week."

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Pioneer Press StaffMay 27 3:53 p.m.

The National Council of Jewish Women North Shore Section held a panel event, “Leading the Way: Jewish Women’s Voices in Politics,” on May 7 at Glencoe North Shore Congregation Israel.

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Sarah Schaffel, Bella Goldberg and Rabbi Stoller take a break while painting a house in New Orleans' 7th Ward.

Steve Sadin | For Sun-Times Media | @sadinsteveApril 16 8:22 a.m.

When disaster strikes, members of Deerfield’s congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim leap into action.

Whether a hurricane hits New Orleans or a tornado touches down in Washington, Ill., Joplin, Mo. or Moore, Okla., congregants are ready to pitch in.

“We were in a clergy meeting when the tornado hit Moore,” Cantor Ross Wolman said. “We started getting texts asking, ‘When are we going?’ Nine days later we were on a plane to Oklahoma City.”

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Sisterhood of B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim considers Passover story from female perspective

March 31, 2014|By Donald Liebenson, Special to the Tribune