Vandals spray-painted swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases on a Chicago synagogue. City police were conducting a hate-crime investigation into Monday’s incident at the Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation, the Chicago Tribune reported. Among the graffiti left on the synagogue’s outer windows reportedly were “Mein Kampf,” “Kill the Jews,” and “White Power.” “Frankly, I was shocked because this is a blight on the neighborhood of Uptown,” said the synagogue’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz. “Everyone has been working together in this neighborhood. This is a bizarre situation.” He said he would seek volunteers to help remove the graffiti before members came to the temple.
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