Chicago, IL – Authorities are investigating after someone threw a Molotov cocktail at a North Side synagogue early this morning on Lake Shore Drive. No one was hurt.
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Police were notified at 1:59 a.m of a fire at the Temple Sholom of Chicago synagogue, 3480 North Lake Shore Drive, according to a Town Hall District police captain.
When police and Chicago Fire Department personnel arrived they found a small fire on the wall in a fenced-in playground area, according to the captain, who said that someone threw a bottle with a rag soaked in an unidentified liquid accelerant stuffed in it towards the building.
The bottle burst against the wall, starting a small fire. The fire was put out with hand pumps and caused almost no visible damage to the wall.
Police are still on the scene investigating, but no injuries were reported. The police Bomb & Arson Unit is investigating along with the Chicago Police hate crime division, according to the captain.
I hope they’re applying for the Homeland Security grant.
This remindes me of the time in Chicago when 10 shuls were attacked in a veriety of different ways . Two of the shuls were actually burned down . Let’s hope that this event is stopped at its tracks so it does not leasd to more attacks.
Oy vey hashem yirachem when will we wake up and relize that no one likes us and all we can do is to have achdus among ourselves like we did during the mumbai tragedy. Because achdus+tsheuvah=moshiach
This isn’t a “shul.” It’s a Conservative place full of goyim and kofrim.