Shliach’s Car Set on Fire Outside Chabad House

Security cameras at Chabad of Mt. Olympus, CA, show two individuals vandalizing a Hyundai Sonata belonging to Rabbi Sholom Rodal at 2:00am Wednesday morning, June 24.

From the L.A. Jewish Journal:

The two were caught on camera setting the car on fire. It was parked outside of the Rodal home on a residential street in Laurel Canyon where the home, which also serves as a synagogue, is located. Rodal said prayer books and tefillin that were in the car were destroyed, but he said nothing was stolen from the vehicle.

“At about two in the morning we heard loud noises and explosions…[they] torched our car,” which was parked in the street, Laurelmont Drive, Rodal told the Journal on Wednesday. The rabbi’s family was at home at the time.

Lt. Alex Vargas of the Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Division said Wednesday that police were conducting an investigation into the incident, which did not cause any injuries. As of Wednesday afternoon, no arrests had been made.

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