Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three companions rushed in to rescue its sacred Torah scrolls. Physically, that’s now all that is left of the 80-year-old synagogue, destroyed by wildfires that also destroyed a mosque, a Catholic parish and a half-dozen Protestant churches.
As L.a. Fires Destroy Numerous Houses Of Worship, Communities Vow To Persevere
HALLIE GOLDEN and LESLIE AMBRIZ / AP, Time
Sat, 01/11/2025 - 6:29am
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BING NEWS:
- California fires have destroyed at least a dozen houses of worship
Leaders at houses of worship lost to California wildfires vow to keep the faith and help their neighbors as well as congregation members who have lost homes and been displaced.
01/11/2025 - 4:01 am | View Link - As L.A. Fires Destroy Numerous Houses of Worship, Communities Vow to Persevere
The Los Angeles area is home to more than 600,000 Jews, the second-largest community in the United States. The Pasadena synagogue also lost its preschool, and in Pacific Palisades, fires seriously ...
01/11/2025 - 12:30 am | View Link - LA wildfires destroy numerous houses of worship. Clergy and congregants vow to persevere
Among the thousands of buildings destroyed in the wildfires were a mosque, a synagogue, a Catholic parish and a half-dozen Protestant churches.
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