TEN Jewish Database
    Chicago

    Chicago

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    Study Year

    2020

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    Jewish 🏠 making sub $50k

    14%

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    Jewish 🏠 struggling to make ends meet💰

    20%

    Partner Organization

    Chicago invests in several services as shown below. The Chicago Jewish Federation helps support several programs and organizations across the city. 1.The ARK and Ezra Multi-Service Center 2. JCFS 3. CJE Senior Life 4. Jewish Free Loan Chicago

    Study Links

    https://tinyurl.com/y82bk57t || https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/community-studies/chicago-report.html

    Facts

    • Five percent of Jewish adults identify as LGBTQ, and 9% of Jewish households have a member who identifies as LGBTQ (who may or may not be Jewish).They indicated that the overall community was generally safe and accepting but that it sometimes lacked inclusive programming and institutional support for LGBTQ Jewish spaces.

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