Civic Arts Plaza

The decision came two days after the synagogue in the 5900 block of Conifer Street, a domestic neighborhood, was vandalized with graffiti that read Get out of Oak Park, We were extremely disappointed. By completely rejecting our request, the planning commission is asking Chabad to be chained down to an arbitrary number of 70, said Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky, manager of the local synagogue. Chabad has operated the synagogue inside a 4, 000-square-foot single-family home since 1994.