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CHICAGO<\/strong> – The killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim has local Jewish groups upset at what they call a culture of antisemitism that has been allowed to fester on social media, and throughout the city of Chicago.<\/p>\n What we know: <\/strong>Groups like the Anti-Defamation League say Mayor Brandon Johnson and city leaders have “fanned the flames” of antisemitic activity, pointing to Johnson\u2019s hiring of people to top-level positions who had espoused antisemitic views. That includes the mayor’s choice for school board president \u2013 Rev. Mitchell Johnson \u2013 who had antisemitic social media postings and was removed after a week on the job.<\/p>\n “As long as he and others say it\u2019s okay, and \u2018I\u2019m going to permit and allow protests to occur, even though we know it\u2019s breaking the law because you\u2019re supposed to have a permit,\u2019” said David Goldenberg, head of the Chicago chapter of the Anti-Defamation League. “Or we know that students on college campuses are being harassed on these campuses, and (the mayor\u2019s) going to prohibit CPD from removing the encampments, that\u2019s how you tolerate it.”<\/p>\n The other side: <\/strong>Mayor Johnson condemned the killings and said antisemitism and hate have no place in our country.<\/p>\n Dig deeper: <\/strong>Goldenberg and other representatives of the Chicago Jewish community also say some of the hate has only increased, especially on social media, in the days since the D.C. murders. Goldenberg referred to a group called the Bronx Anti-War Coalition that posted on X: “What Elias Rodriguez did is the highest expression of anti-Zionism,” and followed it up with a post that read: “We need more Elias Rodriguez\u2019 in this world.”<\/p>\n “When those of you in the media report about that, understand that, in their echo chambers, this is what they\u2019re saying,” Goldenberg said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a prominent Muslim group \u2013 the Chicago chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations \u2013 put out a statement condemning the killings, adding the phrase: “Even of those who may be complicit in genocide.” Last night on Paris on Politics, CAIR Chicago president Ahmed Rehab defended the comments and said he believes the media doesn\u2019t give the same level of attention to the killings in Gaza as it does to acts of hate against American Jews.<\/strong><\/p>\n “There hasn\u2019t been the same outrage that I share now when it comes to the innocent civilians in Gaza that are being murdered every day,” Rehab said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n