Anti-Semitic graffiti has been discovered on multiple buildings in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood, a heavily Jewish area with four synagogues.
An anti-Semitic caricature found on buildings at three intersections features a “stereotypical derogatory Jewish man with a big nose, possibly horns, which are very stereotypical, and very, I guess you can say, racist,” Madeline Isaacs, a Lake View East resident, told NBC Chicago.
Upon learning of the anti-Jewish graffiti, Jewish area residents grew concerned.
Isaacs described being disgusted when she found found out. She said it’s been a scary time to be Jewish.
One of the buildings that was targeted was only steps aways from the Anshe Sholom B’Nai Israel Congregation.
"There’s enough that divides us," said Dan Goldwin, executive director of public affairs for the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago. "We need to find some things that unite us. What happened here a block from this synagogue is not going to help."
The ADL is currently investigating the graffiti.
The Chicago Police Department told NBC Chicago that they have only filed one police report on the incident.