Video: Only One Sefer Torah Saved in Massive Blaze that Destroyed New Brunswick’s Historic Shul

ywVIDEO: The massive fire occurred Friday afternoon. The Shul, built in 1903, was the last Shul in the city.

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jog a thon
10 years ago

This is so sad. I’ve seen pics of this shul. It’s absolutely beautiful. It’s doubly sad, tragic, even, they didn’t have a fireproof safe for the sifrei Torah.

chacham ma hu omer
10 years ago

I, along with many other families over the years, spent a beautiful Shabbos vacationing in the Hyatt right down the street and had the zechus of davening in this beautiful shul. The Rav, Rabbi Mykoff, is a very special man. The historic shul was a picture into the struggle that dwindling Yiddeshe populations face across the nation. A real loss!

Tl
10 years ago

T the editors of The Lakewood Scoop:
Why post a picture of a non-tzniyus women, I thought this is a frum sight. Busha vecharpa!

shtark
10 years ago

Sad

BCM
10 years ago

#3 YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR HEAD EXAMINED. DON’T YOU HAVE BETTER THINGS IN YOUR HEAD? APPARENTLY NOT.