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Interior of Kaufman's Deli in Skokie, IL. Kaufman's, or Kaufman's Deli is a delicatessen in Skokie, Illinois in the United States. The deli opened in the 1960s as a hub for holocaust survivors, and is one of the Chicago area's oldest operating Jewish delis.
Skokie, Illinois, United States: Coordinates: Address: 4905 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077: Opening date: 1956; 69 years ago () Previous names: Old Orchard Shopping Center (1956–2002) Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard (2002–2005) Developer: Philip Morris Klutznick
The Skokie Shops were built in the mid-1920s, as part of a partnership between the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. Both the CRT and the CNS&M were partially controlled by businessman Samuel Insull, who led the consolidation of the entire Chicago "L" system in the early 1920s, and who also invested in utilities and property development ...
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Skokie (/ ˈ s k oʊ k i /; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 67,824. [3] Skokie lies approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Chicago's downtown Loop. The name Skokie comes from a Potawatomi word for 'marsh'. [4]
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On January 17, 2014, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the gate of the Taverna du Liban, a heavily fortified restaurant in Kabul popular with foreign nationals, including diplomats, humanitarian aid workers and journalists; two gunmen then entered the building and began "shooting indiscriminately." [1] 21 people were slain. [2]
The 2021 Kabul airlift was a large-scale evacuation operation conducted by the United States and its allies following the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 and during the final stages of the U.S. and NATO troop withdrawal, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. [27]