Mezuzahs Torched: After Hate Crimes Reported in Brooklyn, Suspect Arrested
Several Jewish homes in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York had their mezuzahs burned on Monday and Tuesday. The attacks were investigated by the New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Department. Police reported that suspect, Rubin Ubiles, is wanted for setting fire to 11 mezuzahs inside an apartment complex. An additional mezuzah in another apartment doorway in an adjacent building across the street was burned again Tuesday.