Stay and pray as Hyde Park Jews vote on Sinai Sholom merger
The Herald reflects on the Sinai Sholom merger vote to be held Sunday, noting mixed support, concerns about losing Sinai’s identity, and Rabbi Karff’s influence. It stresses unity, prayer, and the timing near High Holy Days while urging informed ballots.
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City Reopens Frederika Blankner Case Over Fraud Claims
City officials reexamine the Frederika Blankner case after fresh evidence Miss Blankner gathered from city and federal records supported her fraud claim. The 72-year-old former college president owns a Woodlawn apartment building at stake in a plan to demolish and sell land to the University of Chicago for South Campus expansion.
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New Evidence in Blankner Suit Targets South Campus Renewal
Miss Blankner alleges DUR and the University of Chicago fraudulently obtained over 12 million dollars in federal urban renewal funds by misrepresenting South Campus buildings as slum and blighted. Maps filed with HUD mislabelled conditions, yet thirteen such structures remain in use including a 6043 Woodlawn block building and a 6022 Kimbark townhouse used for housing ex drug addicts. The suit, before the federal court of appeals, questions why these properties were not demolished and why litigation continues to block their demolition.
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