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USCIS Updates History and Genealogy Resource Pages

USCIS has updated their resource pages for History and Genealogy Research. Click here to see what’s available to assist you.

 

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HIAS Chicago Citizenship Classes Offered

HIAS Chicago invites you to our Citizenship Classes to help you prepare for your citizenship interview and exam. 

Classes are taught in English by volunteer teachers.

Please check our HIAS Calendar for dates and locations.


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In a chariot of light from the region of the day,
The Goddess of Liberty came;
She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love,
the plant she named Liberty Tree.
~ Thomas Paine
July, 1775

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Staff and Board

Staff

Administration

Jodie Doane, LCSW, Director
Susan Wexler*, LCSW, Assistant Director

Immigration Workers

Leon Gribelsky*
Igor Litvak*
Margarita Sandler*
Lyudmila Smotkina*

Immigration and Outreach Services

Maya Gumirov
Lili Lang
Daniella Verde

Citizenship Coordinator

Kathryn Dudzik, MSW

Support Staff

Joyce Smith, Office Manager
Nonna Bolotina
Jeanine Howard

* Accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals

Board

President

Irena Persky

Executive Vice President

Ellen Gutiontov

Vice Presidents

Stephen D. Berman

Igor Boguslavsky

Richard Levenfeld

Linda Saiger

Treasurer

Julia Levine

Secretary

Eleanor Wolfe

Founder

. Adolph Copeland

Board of Directors

Paula Kaplan Berger

Melanie H. Berkowitz

Justin Burton

Rabbi Capers C. Funnye, Jr.

Stanley Horn

Roman Kahn

Marta Litas

Azita Mojarad

Lisa Pevtzow

Anatoliy Shir

Ross Siegel

Michael Skopets

Julie Smolyansky

Eugene Steingold

Mara S. Warman

 

Honorary Board

Salle Blann

Gertrude Charlet

Charles Gold

. Ann Izen

. Sara Jacobson

Ruth Levinstein

Golda Rashlow

. Ruth Rosenblum

. Anna Rotman

. Ruth Schultz

Franz Steintz, M.D.

. John M. Weiner

Past Presidents

. Alfred Decker

. Abraham J. Minkus

. Harry J. Dunn

. A.J. Kickson

. N. D. Leigerfarb, M.D.

. Clemet Shapiro

. Irving S. Abrams

. Joseph J. Karlin

. David White

. Edward A. Addison

Albert I. Zemel

. Arthur H. Barbakoff

Peter B. Sherman

. Corinne Wexler

Ralph Ruebner

Randy Felsenthal

Jeffrey Kriezelman

.Deceased

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