{"id":294929,"date":"2025-10-11T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/294929\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:05:10","slug":"north-lawndale-chicago-sukkah-design-festival-at-james-stone-freedom-square-returns-for-4th-year-with-unifying-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/294929\/","title":{"rendered":"North Lawndale, Chicago Sukkah Design Festival at James Stone Freedom Square returns for 4th year with unifying purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Taking place Oct. 5-26 in North Lawndale at James Stone Freedom Square, the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagosukkahfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2025 Chicago Sukkah Design Festival<\/a> brings together neighbors, community organizations, designers, artists, students, and faith leaders to co-create sukkahs-structures inspired by Jewish tradition-reimagined as places of belonging, solidarity, and hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Rooted in North Lawndale&#8217;s shared Black and Jewish history and the neighborhood&#8217;s legacy of resilience, the festival fosters interfaith, multicultural, and multiracial collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Together, participants build &#8220;third spaces&#8221; where diverse communities gather, create, and envision just futures &#8211; affirming our humanity and interconnectedness in a time of global division and struggle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The Chicago Sukkah Festival celebrates cultural heritage and amplifies solidarity among the Jewish community who lived in North Lawndale historically, the predominantly Black community that resides there today, and the broader Chicago community,&#8221; said Joseph Altshuler, CSDF artistic director and cofounder of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/couldbe.design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Could Be Design<\/a>. &#8220;During the Festival days, the landscape of unique sukkah structures is activated with cross-cultural public programming, co-organized with the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawndalepopupspot.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lawndale Pop-Up Spot<\/a>, bringing together intersectional pairings of neighborhood groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">After the 20-day festival, each sukkah will be relocated and permanently re-installed at the facilities of the community organizations that co-designed them, as vibrant new program spaces. For more information, visit <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagosukkahfestival.or\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.chicagosukkahfestival.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WLS-TV. 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