Over 100 people gathered inside of Glenview's Attea Middle School Sunday to rally against anti-Semitism and to take a pledge against hate.
In Glenview, in particular, many have received hate-filled flyers featuring the faces of Jewish elected officials.
"It was early Sunday morning and I was just getting my local paper," said Cook County 14th District Commissioner Scott Britton."It spurred us to act the very opposite of what they wanted, which was to scare us off. We are now united against these hate groups and we're going to continue to work against them."
And while Jewish leaders acknowledge that anti-Semitic acts tend to increase when tensions flare up between Israelis and Palestinians, as they have now, they don't attribute what is going on locally to the current escalation of hostilities in the Middle East."When the hate comes, especially into my neighborhood, that is not only scary for me and my family and the congregation, but it brings it home," said Rabbi Lisa Bellows with Congregation Beth Am.
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