“Judaism’s antidote to hate is love and our solution to darkness is light and our remedy to evil is good…our message is that we have to add in kindness and goodness and be positive.”
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) are searching for a suspect who, passing a Jewish school, yelled at a group of students, "all of you should be killed."
According to the CPD, the incident occurred at the Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi Academy on North Carolina Avenue, at approximately 2:30 PM on Jan 13.
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View on RumbleThe suspect was described "...as a black male between the ages of 40 and 49, with a black mustache and beard." He was "wearing a dark knit cap, black coat, a white hooded sweatshirt and dark pants."
According to the New York Post, there has been a spike in incidents of hate crimes against Jews in the Chicago area since the beginning of 2022. This mirrors national trends.
On Tuesday, Rabbi Levi Notik, rabbi of Chicago's FREE Synagogue, told Fox News, "We are not going to be scared. We are going to stand strong, we’ll get through this."
"Judaism’s antidote to hate is love and our solution to darkness is light and our remedy to evil is good," continued Rabbi Notik, and indicated that in the wake of the incidents, "...our message is that we have to add in kindness and goodness and be positive."
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