In this sequel to WTTW 11's highly-praised documentary about the early history of Jewish Chicago, follow Chicago's Jewish community as it spreads out across the Chicago metropolitan area, and sample the incredibly diverse array of Jewish life today. Highlights include: Memories of West Rogers Park and Albany Park; a kosher inspection in the kitchens of Eli's Cheesecake; frantic Friday afternoon preparations for Shabbos in a Lubavitcher home; a Yeshiva where students passionately discuss and debate ancient Jewish texts; Skokie's response to the threatened neo-nazi march in 1978, and the holocaust memorial monument the village erected in 1987; the role of Jews in building Park Forest including Nathan Manilow and Philip M. Klutznik; suburban Jewish communities and congregations; Temple Sholom in Chicago; and much more. Approximately 55 minutes; color. |