Lod, Israel - Rabbi's Aide Accused of Torah Theft

Lod, Israel - The chief aide to a late Israeli mystic was arrested for allegedly stealing two Torah Scrolls from a synagogue.

Moshe Nimni, 41, who served under the late Rabbi Yitzhak Kadouri (who died in January at the age of at least 106) and is also the deputy head of the country's powerful trade union, was apprehended in connection with a break-in and robbery at a Lod synagogue. The two Torah scrolls and other stolen Judaica were found in Nimni's Jerusalem office.
A synagogue official confirmed that the scrolls found in his office were those stolen from the synagogue.
Nimni, denies the allegations against him. He provided the police with the names of other suspects in the case, and he was released on NIS 1,000 bail by a Jerusalem court during a remand hearing.

Police said they were also checking whether Nimni was involved in other synagogue robberies in the Jerusalem area.