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ICYMI: LB Rabbi 'Shocked' By Torah Burglary Gains Support

The Chabad of the Beaches is scheduled to hold its grand reopening on Rosh Hashanah next month.

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A pair of Torahs are missing from the Chabad of the Beaches synagogue.
A pair of Torahs are missing from the Chabad of the Beaches synagogue. (Rabbi Eli Goodman)

LONG BEACH, NY — The synagogue where Torahs and other religious items were swiped over the weekend has received a groundswell of support from the community.

The Chabad of the Beaches was burglarized and after a short investigation, a 23-year-old man was charged by Long Beach police.

"I was startled. I was shocked," Goodman told Patch after he realizing pieces of Torahs that washed ashore were from his temple.

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