A state appellate court has upheld the convictions of two Lodi men found guilty in 2017 of terrorizing North Jersey s Jewish community with a series of attempted firebombings and anti-Semitic graffiti.
Aakash Dalal and Anthony Graziano will continue serving 35-year prison terms, the appeals court ruled Thursday, finding they were charged appropriately under New Jersey anti-terrorism laws, and that their sentences though lengthy fit the crimes they committed.
The pair’s crime spree from December 2011 to January 2012 targeted a swath of synagogues across Bergen County. Dalal and Graziano spray-painted swastikas, Jews Did 9/11 and other anti-Semitic messages at Temple Beth Israel in Maywood and Temple Beth El in Hackensack. They were also convicted of attempting to burn down synagogues in Paramus and Rutherford and of throwing Molotov cocktails into the home of a rabbi in Rutherford.
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Religious events beginning April 10 Sarasota Herald-Tribune
New classes, events and announcements
• Temple Beth Sholom presents “An Evening with Israeli Ambassador Akiva Tor” at 7 p.m. Sunday via Zoom. Join Tor, the Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Korea, as he shares his presentation on “Israel and the World Jewish Community: The Way Forward.” Registration for this event is required. Visit templebethsholomfl.org/events to register. For more information, contact the office at 941-955-8121 or email info@templebethsholomfl.org
• Temple Sinai presents a new Zoom series, Breathwork: Therapeutic Voice Exercises for Impaired Breathing with Chazzan Cliff Abramson at 11 a.m. Wednesdays. This free Zoom workshop will offer exercises for better breathing, phonation and habitual vocal behavior. For Zoom information, visit templesinai-sarasota.org.
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