During the six-hour hearing on antisemitism held in City Hall by the Chicago Commission on Human Relations Monday, one Jewish Chicagoan shared a harrowing story of being shot while on his way to synagogue in West Ridge last year.
Eitan Bleichman spoke clearly and steadily about the incident on October 26, 2024. He said he had risen, as he usually does, on that Saturday morning to go to synagogue as his family usually does. And, as usual, he roused his three daughters and told them to get ready for temple.
But services that week were coming on the heels of the three-day Simchat Torah celebrations and his daughters were tired, he said. Instead of making them come to temple, he said he decided to let them have a break and went to synagogue alone…