Two Men Charged With Stealing Kabbalah Books
Crossposted from Haaretz Two Jerusalem men have been charged with stealing rare, ancient Judaic books, estimated to be worth tens of thousands of dollars, from the Israel National Library. Yisrael Pinto, 26, and Yekutiel Barkman, 23, used false documents to steal 18th-century books, according to the indictment submitted to Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court about two weeks…