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Police: Man with knife barges into synagogue

Police say a prayer service at a Williamsburg synagogue was interrupted when a man barged in brandishing a 12-inch knife Saturday night. Congregants of the Kerestir Synagogue on Berry Street say adults

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Mar 8, 2009, 8:59 PM

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