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Author Jeffrey Wolfson Publishes A Prayer Book: Reflections for a Shared, Sacred World

Posted on September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Author Jeffrey Wolfson Publishes A Prayer Book: Reflections for a Shared, Sacred World
Author Jeffrey Wolfson Publishes A Prayer Book: Reflections for a Shared, Sacred World

Author Jeffrey Wolfson Publishes A Prayer Book: Reflections for a Shared, Sacred World Ridgefield, CT — [8/26/25] — Jeffrey Wolfson announces the publication of his debut work, “A Prayer Book: Reflections for a Shared, Sacred World,” now available in paperback and Kindle editions through Amazon. Unlike traditional prayer books, Wolfson’s work is not a set…

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Author Charlene Wexler Earns Apex Award for Farewell to South Shore

Posted on July 26, 2025July 26, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Author Charlene Wexler Earns Apex Award for Farewell to South Shore
Author Charlene Wexler Earns Apex Award for Farewell to South Shore

Author Charlene Wexler Earns Apex Award for Farewell to South Shore Author Charlene Wexler recently won a 2025 Communications Concepts Award of Excellence for her book Farewell to South Shore, published by Speaking Volumes. “Farewell to South Shore taps into and articulates a woman’s emotions related to dealing with a changing society, particularly its expectations of…

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Newly released novel, ‘We Won’t Go Back’ Published, addresses women’s issues

Posted on May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Newly released novel, ‘We Won’t Go Back’ Published, addresses women’s issues
Newly released novel, ‘We Won’t Go Back’ Published, addresses women’s issues

Newly released novel, ‘We Won’t Go Back’ Published, addresses women’s issues We Won’t Go Back, the latest novel from award-winning author Charlene Wexler, has been published by Speaking Volumes. We Won’t Go Back, the second book of Wexler’s Farewell to South Shore series, is the story of Babs, who lived a pleasant life in a northern suburb…

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Katsenes and Pekau are angry that I blew the whistle on their TIF district threat to taxpayers

Posted on September 4, 2024April 28, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Katsenes and Pekau are angry that I blew the whistle on their TIF district threat to taxpayers
Katsenes and Pekau are angry that I blew the whistle on their TIF district threat to taxpayers

Katsenes and Pekau are angry that I blew the whistle on their TIF district threat to taxpayers By Ray Hanania 09-04-24 The dangers of Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau’s secretive TIF district proposals I am not surprised Orland Park Trustee Cindy Katsenes, a local realtor with Village Realty, attacked me personally at the Village Board…

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Newly released novel by author Charlene Wexler explores Chicago’s South Shore in the 50s and 60s

Posted on May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Newly released novel by author Charlene Wexler explores Chicago’s South Shore in the 50s and 60s
Newly released novel by author Charlene Wexler explores Chicago’s South Shore in the 50s and 60s

Newly released novel by author Charlene Wexler explores Chicago’s South Shore in the 50s and 60s “Farewell to South Shore” by award winningauthor Charlene Wexler  takes readers on a nostalgic trip through Chicago’s South Shore and beyond — A Perfect Summer Beach Read This summer, readers can transport themselves to mid-century Chicago, where Sherrie Paul…

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Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children

Posted on March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 By Guest Columnist No Comments on Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children
Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children

Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children By Jeffery M. Leving Male loneliness is a problem in this country that you may not have heard of but some experts are now calling it an epidemic and saying it is not only hazardous to mens health, it…

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Weathering personal storms

Posted on July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 By Steve Metsch No Comments on Weathering personal storms
Weathering personal storms

Weathering personal storms Lyons woman writes book to help folks cope  By Steve Metsch Diane Marie Lumpkins has spent much of her life helping others. She works as a case manager who specializes in housing for the DuPage County community services department, using her master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. The Lyons resident recently…

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Help for fathers now available at Little Free Libraries

Posted on April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 By News Editor No Comments on Help for fathers now available at Little Free Libraries
Help for fathers now available at Little Free Libraries

Help for fathers now available at Little Free Libraries Three books providing practical information and encouragement for single and divorced fathers are now turning up in Little Free Library locations around Chicago. Attorney Jeffery M. Leving, a trailblazer in helping fathers stay involved with their children after a divorce or breakup with the mother, is…

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Prominent producer to write screen adaptation of story on the fight against Thalassemia

Posted on February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Prominent producer to write screen adaptation of story on the fight against Thalassemia
Prominent producer to write screen adaptation of story on the fight against Thalassemia

Prominent producer to write screen adaptation of story on the fight against Thalassemia G. Cuschieri To Write Screenplay For Wall Street Journal Bestselling Book “Flight of the Rondone” P.G. Cuschieri, of Joy Road Entertainment and writer/producer of the film Cut Throat City, has agreed to write the screen adaptation of Patrick Girondi’s acclaimed novel, “Flight…

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Chicagoan who invested in research to save children releases new book

Posted on February 3, 2023February 6, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Chicagoan who invested in research to save children releases new book
Chicagoan who invested in research to save children releases new book

Chicagoan who invested in research to save children releases new book Patrick Girondi, who championed the fight to cure Thalassemia, a fatal blood disease that was found in his son, has published a book about the struggle called “Flight of the Rondone: High School dropout VS big Pharma, the fight to save my son’s life.”…

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CLE at Leving firm to focus on excluding therapist testimony in family law cases

Posted on September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on CLE at Leving firm to focus on excluding therapist testimony in family law cases
CLE at Leving firm to focus on excluding therapist testimony in family law cases

CLE at Leving firm to focus on excluding therapist testimony in family law cases The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. Attorney Michael…

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Former Alderman, State Senator Jeremiah Joyce author’s book on Chicago politics, race and more

Posted on September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Former Alderman, State Senator Jeremiah Joyce author’s book on Chicago politics, race and more
Former Alderman, State Senator Jeremiah Joyce author’s book on Chicago politics, race and more

Former Alderman, State Senator Jeremiah Joyce author’s book on Chicago politics, race and more Former Chicago Alderman and State Senator Jeremiah Joyce has written a compelling book that offers insights not only into Chicago politics but into life growing up in early Chicago, the Irish community, and race relations called “Still Burning.” His stories add…

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Leving presents books on Fathers’ Rights at Printers Row Literary Fest

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 By News Editor No Comments on Leving presents books on Fathers’ Rights at Printers Row Literary Fest
Leving presents books on Fathers’ Rights at Printers Row Literary Fest

Leving presents books on Fathers’ Rights at Printers Row Literary Fest Renowned Fathers’ Rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving will greet attendees and autograph his books at the Printer’s Row Book Festival this weekend beginning today (Saturday) and Sunday Sept. 10 through 11th. Leving, who will be there both days, will showcase his writings at the…

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Female Member of White House Press Corps Releases Photos in New Book

Posted on July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Female Member of White House Press Corps Releases Photos in New Book
Female Member of White House Press Corps Releases Photos in New Book

Female Member of White House Press Corps Releases Photos in New Book Still photographer Christy Bowe is one of the few women who has covered five consecutive administrations at the White House, two presidential impeachments, and eight presidential inaugurations and U.S. Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings. A credentialed member of the White House Press Corps,…

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Video Interview: Jeffery Leving discusses mission to defend Dads’ Rights

Posted on March 6, 2022March 8, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Video Interview: Jeffery Leving discusses mission to defend Dads’ Rights
Video Interview: Jeffery Leving discusses mission to defend Dads’ Rights

Video Interview: Jeffery Leving discusses mission to defend Dads’ Rights Dads’ Rights authority and attorney Jeffery M. Leving sits down for an interview about his legal practice, his fight to ensure divorced or separated parents have equal rights when it come to raising children, and why providing equal rights in parenting is important in ensuring…

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Olympic Hockey Champion Kendall Coyne publishes new book

Posted on January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Olympic Hockey Champion Kendall Coyne publishes new book
Olympic Hockey Champion Kendall Coyne publishes new book

Olympic Hockey Champion Kendall Coyne publishes new book “As Fast as Her” is the exciting story of hockey star Kendall Coyne Schofield, who led the US Women’s Hockey team to Olympic gold and was the first female hockey player to compete in the fastest skater competition at the NHL All-Star weekend. Presale orders of the…

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Leving law firm hosts Toys for Tots giveaway at WGN TV

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving law firm hosts Toys for Tots giveaway at WGN TV
Leving law firm hosts Toys for Tots giveaway at WGN TV

Leving law firm hosts Toys for Tots giveaway at WGN TV Dad’s Rights advocate Jeffery Leving is co-hosting a Toys for Tots holiday giveaway organized by his legal team led by attorney Jeffrey Paustian in conjunction ith WGN TV Morning News. Leving, who is the premier attorney representing father’s rights, said during alive interview Dec….

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Threatened by Rising Seas: Alaskan Village’s Culture Memorialized in Powerful True Story

Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Threatened by Rising Seas: Alaskan Village’s Culture Memorialized in Powerful True Story
Threatened by Rising Seas: Alaskan Village’s Culture Memorialized in Powerful True Story

Threatened by Rising Seas: Alaskan Village’s Culture Memorialized in Powerful True Story Few newlyweds would choose to embark upon married life by relocating to a remote, Inuit (Inupiaq) village with no electricity or running water. But at the age of 23, new bride Deanne Burch and her husband, Ernest “Tiger” Burch, who was conducting research…

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