Yesterday evening at around 4:30 P.M. a thief robbed the Klaipėda Jewish Community. At the time most of the community members had left and only a few men were in the building engaged in Torah study. They suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass. When they went out into the hall, they saw the glass donation box had been broken open. The thief quickly exited and they were unable to pursue him. The thief didn’t manage to steal all the money. Community members guessed he didn’t have time and took what he could carry and stuff into his pockets. The donations hadn’t been counted yet so there is no figure on exactly how much was stolen.

The chairman of the Klaipėda Jewish Community said these donations were special and were to be used for a real Purim celebration this year.

Full story in Lithuanian here.