Ideas By Brian Strauss November 18, 2024 10:13 AM EST Strauss is the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Yeshurun, the largest conservative synagogue in the United States A Jewish man wearing a yarmulke was shot multiple times on his way to synagogue in Chicago . A rabbi in Maryland was attacked by a man wielding a wooden stake. In Manhattan , a man wearing a yarmulke was called “dirty Jew” before being punched in the face. Each of these assaults occurred within a two-week span last month. One