Sydney, Australia - Anti-Semites Attack Synagogue and it's Safer Torah

Sydney, Australia - Vandals broke into the Coogee Synagogue in Sydney's eastern suburbs, badly damaging the Oren Kodesh inside and the Safer Torah, also was curtain from the Oren Kodesh stolen.

New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff said the synagogue's members believed the attack was carried out by anti-semitics. "They specifically went for the Oren Kodesh, which is the holiest place in the synagogue, where the Safer Torah's are held," he said. "Those were specifically smashed."
Mr Alhadeff said the break-in had occurred just a week before the synagogue was due to reopen after undergoing a major refurbishment.

The board's president David Knoll said police responded quickly to the break-in and he had every confidence the perpetrators would be arrested.