"It's somebody's father."More than 50 gravestones lay knocked over, and damaged, in a Jewish Cemetery along Mt Stuart Road in ...

Rafi Spitzer, rabbi and spiritual leader at Congregation Agudat Achim, a synagogue in Schenectady, “almost burst into” tears after seeing the extent of the damage done to the headstones to the ...

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A gate to the Congregation Agudat Achim Cemetery. A toppled headstone at the Congregation Agudat Achim Cemetery on Saturday, May 4. ROTTERDAM — Police are investigating after dozens of ...

The Rabbi for one of the congregations that manages a Jewish Cemetary in Rotterdam that was vandalized says the process for ...

A full spectrum of emotions came to mind when Agudat Achim Rabbi Rafi Spitzer saw the vandalism at his congregation’s Rotterdam cemetery. The damage is widespread, and it appears to be random.

Agudath Israel of America, the American branch of the worldwide Agudat Israel movement, decided to intervene. In its claim to the court, Agudath Israel wrote that they are worried about the ...

Most of the damaged headstones were in the section used by Temple Agudat Achim in Niskayuna. News10 reached out to the synagogue for comment but has not heard back.

We are learning that headstone tampering at Agudat Achim Cemetery in Rotterdam has been happening for weeks. Rotterdam Police say they are investigating it as criminal mischief and there is no ...

He had been a Florida resident for the past 20 years. He was a member of Congregation Agudat Achim in Schenectady. He enjoyed golf, reading, playing bridge and backgammon. Throughout James’s ...

NEWS10’s Zion Decoteau got a first-hand tour of the damage from Rabbi Rafi Spitzer of Congregation Agudat Achim in Niskyana. “We’re bringing in a monument specialist,” said Spitzer.“ ...