(Jewish Group)1 arrested for vandalism, including stolen Torahs, discovered at Long Island synagogue
Police in Long Beach, New York, have arrested one man in connection with vandalism that took place this weekend at a local synagogue that had just become part of Chabad of the Beaches.
Rabbi Eli Goodman shared photographs of the damage that showed one door of the Torah ark torn off and prayer shawls strewn on the ground. Two Torah scrolls and their silver adornments were taken, although some of the metal decorations were later recovered, Goodman told Hamodia, an Orthodox news service. He said the vandalism had taken place sometime on Saturday after the synagogue hosted a bar mitzvah during Shabbat services.
Police announced on Sunday that they had arrested and sent for psychological evaluation a 23-year-old man whom they described as homeless, the Long Island Herald reported.
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