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Skokie mayor, residents and trustees call for action after weekend antisemitic incidents
Summary
Mayor Tennis and multiple residents described two weekend incidents in village parks that involved antisemitic language and physical altercations; the board and callers urged clearer reporting, school involvement and a community gathering to reaffirm support for Jewish residents.
Mayor Tennis opened the April 20 village board meeting with a statement about two recent incidents in Skokie parks in which preteen and early‑teen youth reported antisemitic language and, in at least one case, a physical altercation. The mayor said the Skokie Police Department is investigating, emphasized that the incidents followed a hate crime at a park on Oct. 7 that coincided with Yom Kippur, and invited residents to a community gathering at Central Park the following day to "reaffirm…
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