Twelve torah scrolls have been stolen on Sunday night time from the Grand Synagogue of Levallois (ACCIL) on the outskirts of Paris, the synagogue’s rabbi and the Jewish Group Safety Service (SPCJ) confirmed on Monday.
In line with preliminary stories, two people broke into the constructing and stole the scrolls. This occurred regardless of the premises being protected by cameras and intensive surveillance techniques.
Rabbi Chalom Lellouche mentioned he found the theft on Monday morning whereas making ready to host a bar mitzvah. As quickly as he reported it, SPCJ carried out a radical search of the premises after which known as the police. The investigation is ongoing.
“It was with shock and anger that I discovered this morning that the Jewish group of Levallois had been struck at what’s most sacred and treasured to it,” mentioned Levallois Mayor Agnès Pottier-Dumas.
She mentioned the municipal and nationwide police have been instantly notified and have been engaged on the case since this morning.
A ‘clearly felony act’ but in addition antisemitic
“Regardless of the motives of those that dedicated this sacrilegious act, which has profoundly shaken the Jewish group to its core, the antisemitic nature of this despicable crime have to be denounced,” she mentioned, noting that the Torah alone was focused, and that dearer objects of non-religious worth have been left untouched.
“We additionally hope that these sacred scrolls, whose worth is past measure, will be recovered. And for individuals who consider, we stand united in prayer with the Jewish group, wounded by this heinous act.”
Rabbi Chalom Lellouche and Philippe Cohen, president of ACCIL Levallois, launched a joint video denouncing the severity of the incident.
“It was clearly a felony act, but in addition an antisemitic one,” the boys mentioned.
In addition they famous that the assailants have been clearly professionals, having efficiently skirted the partitions and evaded the safety techniques.
“This can be a religious trauma for all of the Jewish group of France, and certainly internationally,” added Chellouche and Cohen.
