This area became popular with the affluent wanting to escape urban life , beginning after the Great Chicago Fire , and grew rapidly before and just after World War II with a growing Jewish population migrating out of various neighborhoods in Chicago . The major Jewish suburban communities include Evanston , Skokie , Glencoe , Northbrook , and Highland Park . Jews , however , were barred from Kenilworth and Lake Forest . The number of Jews in the north suburbs increased to 40 % by the early 1960s
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
North Shore (Chicago)