(Jewish Group) My temple was broken into and a Torah was desecrated.

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24. Woman accused of breaking into Jewish temple twice scheduled to appear in court

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A woman accused of breaking into the Congregation Emanu El twice in recent weeks is scheduled to appear in front of a judge Monday morning.

Ezra Law, 33, is facing two charges: felony criminal mischief of a church and misdemeanor criminal mischief. On Saturday, Jan. 14, a rabbi preparing for a Bar Mitzvah said a woman broke into the synagogue, desecrated the pulpit, and spilled red wine.

Assistant District Attorney Erica Winsor said the woman was identified as Law. Winsor adds Law removed the Torah from the pulpit and spread it on the ground.

“Most importantly, there was a Torah scroll that was removed from the Holy Arc and spread out on the floor. And there was red wine that was spilled on that scroll,” Winsor said. “The damage is immeasurable because it can’t just be replaced, it can’t be repair – it has to be replaced.”

“The other part of this is we often hear kosher to describe food or things that people eat but a religious item has to be kosher,” Winsor said. “And so, this item is no longer kosher cannot be used by the congregation until they’re able to go able through a cleansing process and they don’t know if they’ll be able to do that or if this item is lost.”

Winsor said Law was arrested and bonded out. Prosecutors say instead of showing up to court for her arraignment Friday, she returned to the congregation during a preschool class.