8 Torahs Stolen From Queens Synagogue

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Eight scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures valued at around $500,000 have been stolen from a Jewish center in Queens.

Police say they’re investigating last week’s theft of the Torahs from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills.

There was no forced entry, and members of the Jewish Center believe it may have been an inside job. Center worker Marilyn Bagely said the Torahs were used last week and rabbis discovered them missing shortly before service Saturday.

She says many of the congregants are Holocaust survivors and the Torahs had been dedicated to their families.

Each Torah is a scroll of parchment containing the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.


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