Police in Skokie, Ill., say they are investigating an incident of vandalism at a synagogue over the weekend as a hate crime. Authorities said video surveillance at the Persian Hebrew Congregation shows someone smashing a window there Sunday, according to ABC7 Chicago. The person left a flag and a pro-Palestine sign outside the building, police said. "I hope that people who want to protest have peaceful protests and that it won't devolve into vandalism," Steve Hoffman, a former president of the synagogue, told the station. ADVERTISEMENT No one was at the synagogue and nobody was ...