It’s probably safe to assume that we’ve all committed to a resolution or two as we ring in the new year. Every January offers us a clean slate, the proverbial “reset button” and it’s fitting that we take some time to reflect and challenge ourselves...

For more than two decades, Charles “Chuck” Pass, 54, has been known as “chief executive honcho” of Pedro’s Planet, which he and his high-school friend, Pedro McMillian, founded in 1989. The office supply company, based in an office park at 11649...

Emily Stein MacDonald is the fifth generation of her family to work at Berger Memorial Chapel, which has been at 4715 McPherson Avenue, in the Central West End, for the last 98 years. A 1995 graduate of American University with a B.A. in print journalism,...

In 1979, Rachel Ilyashov's parents, Semyon and Alina, emigrated to the United States from Minsk, the capital of Belarus in what was then the Soviet Union. Jews were leaving the U.S.S.R. as quickly as they could to flee lives of constant persecution. Many...

Robin Hirsch is an artist in her own right, having earned a bachelor's in fine arts in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1985. When pressed about how she expresses her artistic passion these days, she points to the paintings and multimedia...

Robert E. Lefton spent his early life from the age of 5 in the Jewish Orphan's Home near Oakland and Tamm avenues in Dogtown until he enrolled at the University of Illinois on a swimming scholarship. A few years later, Lefton completed his Ph.D. in psychology...