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December 19, 2023

Good morning, Illinois.

Happy Tuesday.

It appears my two-year-old gave me a lasting Christmas present: a cold. Thanks, bud. It’s felt like a merry-go-round of germs around here for the last couple of months. We can’t be the only ones, can we?

Here’s to hoping everything clears up by the weekend.

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SCHNEIDER: “I STRUGGLE WITH” RISE IN ANTISEMITISM

One of the two Jewish members of Illinois’ congressional delegation say he is XXX in the rise of antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas attack of Israel and ensuing conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Congressman Brad Schneider (D-Highland Park) hosted a roundtable with Jewish college students Monday in suburban Northbrook on anti-Semitism on college campuses.