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Two arrested on suspicion of arson attack to synagogue in Corfu
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Arsonists set fire to a synagogue on the island early on Tuesday, damaging prayer books but causing no injuries, in the third such attack in Greece in less than two years, police said.
Members of the Jewish community of Corfu gathered and wept at the local synagogue on Wednesday around a pile of ashen prayer books set on fire during the attack.
“It’s very difficult for us,” said Rabbi Shlomo Naftali, an Israeli rabbi who was flown over to Greece to conduct Passover ceremonies. “We stood around the books and cried. Now we’ll have to bury them.”
The arson attack, staged just as the Passover festival was starting, alarmed the country’s dwindling Jewish community.
“The door was violated and two empty gasoline canisters were found in the synagogue,” said a police officer, who declined to be named. “At least 30 books were damaged in the blaze.”
About 150 Jews live on Corfu. The latest attack has alarmed Greece’s 8,000-strong community, which was decimated after the Nazis deported Jews to concentration camps in eastern Europe during World War II.
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Full story: Jerusalem Post
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