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Old November 8th, 2018 #24
Stewart Meadows
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Here's an older case that we can read about in the New York Times:

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JEWISH YOUTH IS CHARGED IN BLAZES AT SYNAGOGUES


By RICHARD L. MADDEN DEC. 14, 1983

A 17-year-old Jewish youth, a member of a synagogue that was damaged by arson last summer, was arrested here today and charged with that fire and three others.

In addition to the synagogue to which the youth belonged, the fires damaged another synagogue and two homes belonging to members of West Hartford's Jewish community.

The suspect, Barry Dov Schuss, surrendered voluntarily to authorities in West Hartford this morning and was charged with four counts of second-degree arson. The police said his arrest closed the cases.
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The large Jewish community in West Hartford had been badly shaken by the fires, which occured Aug. 11 at the Young Israel Synagogue; Aug. 15 at the Emanuel Synagogue; Aug. 16 at the home of Rabbi Solomon Krupka, the leader of the Young Israel congregation, and Sept. 16 at the home of State Representative Joan Kemler, who is Jewish. No one was injured in the fires, though there was extensive property damage.
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/14/n...ynagogues.html