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It was a day to talk about the Torah, form a prayer circle, teach children about the upcoming Purim holiday, learn how to bake challah, play mahjong, join in meditation and celebrate community at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation.

Yet, as Rabbi Rachel Weiss and Cantor Howard Friedland stood at the entrance of the synagogue at 303 Dodge Ave. greeting people on Saturday morning, an Evanston police squad car sat in the parking lot as officers watched everyone who drove by or walked up to the doors…