Scores of people marched ¾ of a mile from downtown North Chicago to an entrance of the Naval

Station Great Lakes, then walked seven times around a circle symbolizing the Biblical Walls of

Jericho and back protesting the Trump administration’s “Midway Blitz.”

Representatives of seven congregations representing multiple faiths offered a prayer before each

marching rotation and Rabbi Ike Serotta of Makom Solel Lakeside in Highland Park blew the ram’s horn trumpet, or shofar, symbolizing the blasts that helped bring down the walls of Jericho.

Will Esty, intern minister at the North Shore Unitarian Church, blows a shofar during a peaceful protest demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal military leaves Illinois at Great Lakes Naval Station on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. The

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