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Man Charged With Burglary, Vandalism Of Long Island Synagogue Man Charged With Burglary, Vandalism Of Long Island Synagogue
Man Charged With Burglary, Vandalism Of Long Island Synagogue Police on Long Island and members of a synagogue are searching the beach for two Torahs stolen when the temple was vandalized over the weekend. Long Beach police arrested Hunter McElrath, age 23, of Staten Island on Sunday, Aug. 22, and charged him with the vandalism of the Nassau County synagogue in which two Torahs and silver crowns were stolen. The Chabad of the Beaches in Long Beach was found ransacked, with everything from Jewish prayer clothes to Torahs thrown or broken on the floors, said Rabbi Eli Goodman. Goodman, who has been on the beach searching for the missing centuries-old T…

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by Kathy Reakes