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Article: Gloucester Jewish community to rebuild synagogue ; Fire destroyed temple in 2007
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2009
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GLOUCESTER - Nearly 20 months after a fast-moving fire destroyed
an apartment complex and Cape Ann's only synagogue, the
congregation announced plans yesterday to spend $4 million to
rebuild on the site.
"We really feel like we're part of the fabric of the city," said
Miriam Weinstein, a former president of Temple Ahavat Achim. "And
we've gotten a lot of support from our neighbors."
Rabbi Samuel Barth said work on the new two-story, 10,000-square-
foot synagogue would begin later this year. It is expected to open
in fall 2011, when congregants will gather for two of Judaism's
holiest holidays, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
For more than 105 years, Jews have had a synagogue in downtown ...