(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The colonists of the Chassidic settlement, Nachlath Jacob, were greatly worried today when they descovered that several Scrolls of the Law had been torn. Pieces of the torn Torahs were found scattered about the synagogue.
A thorough investigation showed that several Torahs and many Hebrew books had disappeared.
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