Greenfield offers $1,000 reward to catch synagogue suspects
Shocked and saddened by the robbery and assault of a caretaker in a Midwood synagogue on Sunday, Councilmember David G. Greenfield announced that same day that he is posting a $1,000 reward to anyone who offers information to police leading to the arrest of the violent suspects.
Greenfield (D-Midwood-Borough Park-Bensonhurst) said in a statement that he was particularly upset by the fact that the robbery at the Chabad Synagogue Beth Menachem Mendel took place during Passover, one of the holiest times of the year on the Jewish calendar.
“As we celebrate Pesach, it is especially disturbing to find out that a shul’s caretaker was assaulted and that the shul was robbed during this important holiday,” Greenfield said, using the Hebrew word for Passover.