Hungarian church to build Torah ark for synagogue ravaged in fire | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) — A Methodist church in Hungary offered to pay for the construction of Torah ark for a Budapest synagogue ravaged by fire.
The Zuglo Synagogue in the Hungarian capital’s 14th district sustained heavy damage in a blaze that broke out Monday night, possibly as a result of an electric failure. No one was injured but the synagogue’s Torah scroll was destroyed in one of the areas that was heavily damaged, the Mazsihisz umbrella group of Hungarian Jewish communities wrote in a statement.
The Zuglo Synagogue in the Hungarian capital’s 14th district sustained heavy damage in a blaze that broke out Monday night, possibly as a result of an electric failure. No one was injured but the synagogue’s Torah scroll was destroyed in one of the areas that was heavily damaged, the Mazsihisz umbrella group of Hungarian Jewish communities wrote in a statement.
Sacha Stawski
Chief Rabbi Peter Kardos in front of the burnt Torah Ark at the synagogue of the Zuglo Jewish Community in Budapest. 4 days ago part of the the synagogue burned down – including the Torah Ark, 6 Torah scrolls, Siddurim and prayer shawls. The Chief Rabbi is holding up the one remaining part of one of the burnt Torah scrolls: the Blessing of the Kohanim. :'(