Article: A bond forged by fire and faith; Gloucester synagogue draws strength from friendship, tradition after blaze

GLOBE NORTH 1

You might expect that if a fire destroyed a synagogue, the congregation could be excused if it canceled a service or a Hebrew school class while its members regrouped.

But nearly two months after a fast-moving fire tore through a downtown Gloucester apartment building, killing one resident before spreading to Temple Ahavat Achim, the congregation has endured.

Services are held at members' homes, downtown offices, and at a Unitarian Universalist church; the Hebrew school meets in a Manchester church; members of the administrative staff have relocated to the synagogue president's downtown real estate agency. Rabbi Samuel Barth does much of his work out of his car and in the back ...

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