2/ During a recent brief visit to the homeland (Chicago), some highly reliable relatives told me that, right before the election, they were driving east on a Friday (11/1?) past a synagogue on Touhy Avenue.
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3/ (From Google Maps I think it was Congregation Shaarei Tzedek Mishkan Yair, famous to us goyim as the former site of Barnaby's pizza restaurant, a neighborhood 1970s staple.)
My (Irish Catholic) relatives were driving two cars to my late dad's house to remove stuff prior to its sale.
4/ The first of my relatives noticed a security presence, including horseback cops, seemingly protecting the congregation, which was families in traditional Orthodox garb walking into the synagogue for services.
5/ He noticed a ruckus outside the synagogue, with pickup trucks brandishing Trump and MAGA flags.
The second relative, following close behind, heard the Trump supporters waving their MAGA flags and chanting at the people walking into the synagogue, "GO HOME," repeatedly.
6/ Telling me about it weeks later, she was still dumbfounded at their actions. Why would Trumpers be chanting at American citizens "Go home," much less Orthodox Jewish citizens? Was it flat-out hatred of the unfamiliar? Hard-right anti-Semitism? What the hell?
7/ "You sure it wasn't Palestinian protesters?" I asked. No, I was told - definitely Trump and MAGA flags being brandished.
At any rate, I have searched the media for reports on this (which I am VERY certain DID take place, because these folks do not make stuff up), and have found nothing.
8/ Maybe the congregation fears publicity, given what its people have been through already, especially now that the candidate of those bigots is in power. I would not blame them.
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My (Irish Catholic) relatives were driving two cars to my late dad's house to remove stuff prior to its sale.
The second relative, following close behind, heard the Trump supporters waving their MAGA flags and chanting at the people walking into the synagogue, "GO HOME," repeatedly.
At any rate, I have searched the media for reports on this (which I am VERY certain DID take place, because these folks do not make stuff up), and have found nothing.