orshippers at a Lakeview East synagogue noticed broken glass on their way to Sunday morning services but didn’t think anything of it.
Later that morning, they saw charred rags and realized there had been an arson attempt on Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation, according to Rabbi David Wolkenfeld.
“This synagogue is so central to so many people in this neighborhood, and this is such a wonderful city to be Jewish, so it's shocking to realize there can be someone so filled with hate to engage in an action like this,” Wolkenfeld said in an interview.
Chicago police confirmed that between 9 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday, someone tried to set a building in the 500 block of West Melrose aflame at two separate locations.