Surge in antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war marks ‘frightening time’ for Jews in US and globally

CHICAGO — Rodi Glass survived the Holocaust as a child growing up under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands, where she was forced to wear a yellow Star of David sewn to her clothing to identify herself as a Jew at the age of 6. Eight decades later, the 87-year-old Highland Park resident is disturbed by an unsettling spike in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric amid the Israel-Hamas war, marking a particularly threatening era for Jews locally as well as globally. “It’s a very uncertain time for Jewish people,” she said. “It’s a very frightening time.” The Anti-Defamation League said it has tracke...