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Chicago Sun Times: Vandals deface three local synagogues

Chicago Sun Times: Vandals deface three local synagogues

— “Vandals spray-painted the words ‘Death to Israel’ on two synagogues and a Jewish school early Saturday in three separate incidents police say could be linked and are being investigated as hate crimes.”
— “In each case, the vandals — at times donning masks — used orange-colored paint, also shattering glass windows with bricks and rocks at two of the buildings.”
— “Similar graffiti was found at Anshe Motele Congregation, 6526 N. California, Rabbi Alan Abramson said.”
— “Lincolnwood police said vandals also scrawled ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Free Palestine’ on the outside walls of Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation, 7117 N. Crawford. Mitchell Sandler, past president of the congregation, said they threw at least two bricks at the front doors, damaging four windows.”

Two North Side synagogues and one in Lincolnwood were vandalized early Saturday. (Photo: Scott Stewart/Sun-Times)

Two North Side synagogues and one in Lincolnwood were vandalized early Saturday. (Photo: Scott Stewart/Sun-Times)