Claire Savage

Claire Savage is an author at Religion News Service.

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Jewish protesters and allies block Israeli consulate in Chicago, demanding a cease-fire in Gaza

By Claire Savage — November 15, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago protesters cheered Monday as police led demonstrators from the building with hands zip-tied behind their backs, many in black T-shirts that read, “Not in our name.”

Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court

By Melissa Perez Winder, Claire Savage, and Sophia Tareen — October 18, 2023
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — The child, who recently celebrated a birthday, was also seen as another innocent casualty in the escalating war.

Mourners in heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind, energetic

By Claire Savage, Sophia Tareen, and Melissa Perez Winder — October 16, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) — Wadea Al-Fayoume had just turned 6, his paternal uncle said.
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