The Jewish magazine Joods Actueel reports that some of the Torah scrolls that were stolen from Antwerp's main synagogue last month have been found and are now on their way back. This has been confirmed by Pinkhas Kornfeld, secretary of Antwerp’s Jewish community. It is thought that they were taken by a gang of East European thieves.
A 200-year-old Torah which survived the Holocaust is one of the Torah scrolls that is being returned. After the scrolls had been stolen, the Jewish community declared a day of prayer and fasting till midday.
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