Yes, Temple Ahavat Achim of Gloucester Massachusetts had a terrible fire and burned to the ground. The apartment building next door caught fire and it spread to the Temple. Unfortunately, a disabled resident of the apartment building could not be rescued and died. The congregation of 250 families held Shabbat services at a nearby church. Many of you may know of the Rabbi Emeritus of that synagogue,Myron Geller, the author of several Jewish children's books.
Below is the website of the Temple with a statement from the Rabbi of their needs. http://www.taagloucester.org/ Helene Tuchman, Librarian, retired The Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library Temple Emanuel of Newton 385 Ward Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
