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<\/p>\nChicago Commission on Human Relations to hold hearing on antisemitism <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Chicago Commission on Human Relations to hold hearing on antisemitism<\/p>\n 01:32<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Chicago Commission on Human Relations was set Monday to hold a public hearing on antisemitism.<\/p>\n Mayor Brandon Johnson called for the hearing specifically focused on antisemitism amid a troubling trend in Chicago. The point of the six-hour public hearing is to try to get to the bottom of why overall hate crimes are down in Chicago, but antisemitism is up.<\/p>\n The data being discussed dates from 2024, but 2025 has also been filled with incidents of anti-Jewish hate.<\/p>\n The incidents include a threat written on a mailbox right across the street from the KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation synagogue near University Avenue and Hyde Park Boulevard in Hyde Park earlier this summer.<\/a> <\/p>\n Threats and hate-filled antisemitic messages were also found in stop signs, Amazon lockers, and University of Chicago BlueLight emergency phone boxes in Hyde Park<\/a> over the summer. They ranged from slurs to wishing death on those who are Jewish.<\/p>\n There were at least seven instances of antisemitic graffiti in the Hyde Park area in less than a month.<\/p>\n The hearing Monday will begin at 10 a.m. at Chicago City Council Chambers. Faith leaders and victims of anti-Jewish hate crimes are among those set to testify.<\/p>\n After the hearing, the Chicago Commission on Human Relations is supposed to create a report with key findings and recommendations for reducing antisemitism.<\/p>\n Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) does not think the antisemitism hearing Monday goes far enough. In fact, she feels some voices are being unfairly excluded.<\/p>\n Silverstein will raise her concerns at a news conference at City Hall ahead of the hearing.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n