A Pittsburgh man is charged with stealing Judaica from dozens of Jewish homes
The suspect allegedly used a number of tactics to gain access to Jewish homes — including pretending he was Jewish
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Fast Forward Visitor To Auschwitz-Birkenau Caught Trying To Steal Piece Of Rail Tracks
(JTA) — A visitor to the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp was caught trying to steal a piece of the camp’s iconic rail tracks. The American visitor, 37, who was apprehended by police in Oswiecim in southern Poland, was charged with attempted theft of an item of cultural importance, the Associated Press reported. The…
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The Schmooze Benjamin Ackerman Allegedly Stole Millions From Celebrities By Posing As A Real Estate Broker
Benjamin Eitan Ackerman has been arrested by Los Angeles police after allegedly stealing millions of dollars in fine wine, art, and baseball cards from celebrities. In what appears to be a one-man “Oceans 11”-style heist, Ackerman seems to have entered homes of at least 13 victims including entertainers like R&B star Usher and singer Jason…
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Culture Bookseller And Library Archivist Charged With Stealing $8 Million Worth Of Books
What’s a bookstore owner to do when he’s strapped for cash? If he’s John Ezra Schulman, proprietor of Caliban Books in Oakland, Pennsylvania, he may — allegedly — pilfer rare books in excess of $8 million dollars from his local library. For almost two decades, Schulman got away with it. The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle reports…
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Fast Forward Homeless Drug Addict Arrested After Burglarizing Jewish Homes
A homeless drug addict who burgled Jewish homes in Manchester because he thought Jews were rich has been sentenced to six years in jail, Jewish News in Great Britain reported Monday. Steven Lovell was caught earlier this year by volunteers from the neighborhood watch group Shomrim, who handed him in to the police. He had…
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Community I Was The Victim Of A Carjacking At My School — And I Still Want To Be A Public Defender
Just to be clear — it was not a hate crime. Nevertheless, the deed was truly hateful. On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at approximately 2:30 pm, I was the victim of an armed robbery and carjacking in my school parking lot. That day, like most high school seniors, my mind was on how to pull…
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Fast Forward Israeli Student Faces Charges For Stealing Auschwitz Artifacts For College Art Project
An Israeli art student is in hot water after she admitted stealing artifacts from Auschwitz for a senior art project. Rotem Bides, 27, a student at Beit Berl College in Kfar Saba, told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that she stole the objects, including glass shards and soup bowls, in the course of six trips to…
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Breaking News Torah Scrolls Returned to Synagogue After Simchat Torah Robbery
A Brooklyn synagogue had to celebrate Simchat Torah without four of its holy scrolls, following a theft on Tuesday morning. But in a thankful reversal of fortune, the Torahs were returned to the Midwood congregation shortly after midnight on Friday, leaving some to speculate that the robber saw the error of his ways. “Thanks to…
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