Torah thefts stump police, Jewish community

Saturday, July 12, 2008 | 5:15 p.m. CDT; updated 4:55 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

KANSAS CITY — A Torah scroll valued at about $30,000 reported stolen from a St. Louis-area synagogue is one of a handful of Torah scrolls stolen in the past year in the United States, mystifying police and the Jewish community.

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