The Jewish Center of Brownsville in Brooklyn. Hatzila II. a project of the Council for the Jewish Poor, was vandalized and robbed Monday night, Marty Rosen, a member of the Council’s board, reported today.
Rosen said police were notified and made an investigation but that they found no clues to the vandals. He said the center was the only one in Brownsville for the 400 to 500 elderly Jews still living there. He said the burglars had destroyed all of the center’s Jewish books, records and newspapers and had stolen a television set, a radio and a record player.
Rosen reported that the center is still open but operating on a limited basis because of the losses of equipment and materials used by the Jewish elderly. He said it was the first vandalism-theft since the center opened in 1971. The Council is the working arm of the Association of Jewish Anti-Poverty Workers.
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