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Vandals targeted one of the oldest synagogues in the U.S. vandals three times Tuesday, including by attempted arson, officials said.
The fire was lit at around 4:20 a.m. [5] The arsonist dropped two charity boxes in the yard during his escape. [5] Besides fire damage to the interior, half of the roof fell down. [5] Firemen excavated four Torah scrolls which were "likely damaged beyond repair by smoke and water", and all of the synagogue's prayer books were rendered unusable. [5]
The synagogue has long welcomed prominent leaders to address its congregation. Former prime minister of Israel Shimon Peres spoke at the synagogue on May 3, 1997. [10] Congregation Beth T'fillah of Overbrook Park merged with Adath Israel in 2006. [11] Suburban Jewish Community Center-Bnai Aaron in Havertown closed in 2010 and merged with Adath ...
Onlookers watch as fire departments work at a fire in the basement of a synagogue under construction in New Square that filled the building with smoke and temporarily trapped construction workers ...
The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center was built 84 years ago. It became engulfed by the Eaton Fire overnight Tuesday.
Historic Congregation B’nai Abraham, officially B’nai Abraham Chabad, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 523-527 Lombard Street, in the Society Hill neighborhood of the Center City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Its synagogue was situated on Broad Street, above Columbia Avenue from 1892 to 1957. In 1893 J. Leonard Levy was elected associate rabbi, but he resigned in 1902 to take up a rabbinical position in Pittsburg. The congregation supported a free public library and a reading-room prior to the opening of Philadelphia's Free Library.
More change came in the 1990s, as shifting religious practices and local demographics led PJTC to merge with Shomrei Emunah, a Jewish synagogue in Sunland-Tujunga in 1997 and Shaarei Torah in ...