Three Teenagers Arrested for Recent Burglary at Synagogue in the Bronx

Three teenagers were arrested yesterday in connection with a recent burglary at Ahavoth Torah Synagogue in the West Bronx. The police said they had sold the synagogue’s large candelabra, which has been recovered, for $4 and had also taken bottles of wine and other items. Rabbi David Toiv recalled yesterday that five torahs had been destroyed in an arson attack on the synagogue several weeks ago. The teenagers have not been linked by police to the arson attack. He told the JTA that the Orthodox temple, at which some 50 mainly elderly worshipers attend services, had taken to rescheduling night-time activities to the day-time in the wake of these incidents and similar ones at synagogues throughout the city. He noted that Mayor John V. Lindsay was serving as honorary chairman of a campaign to restore damaged or stolen religious property, and that the Police Department had initiated a “worship patrol.”