VERNON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- A Jewish congregation is turning hate into love after someone graffitied their property with antisemitic remarks .

The Vernon Hills synagogue printed out all the letters of support that have been sent in, covering themselves with love not just from the Jewish community, but from people of all walks of life.

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Laurie Akers says when she saw the words "hate Jews" spray painted on the walls outside her synagogue, Congregation Or Shalom Cantor, she got on her knees, scrubbed and literally washed the hate away.

"It's very frightening," Akers said. "I was really thinking of moments back into the holocaust where there were Jewish people who were asked to go onto sidewalks and wash off swastikas."

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