Rabbi and family safely escape fire at historic New Jersey synagogue
The four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 2:45 a.m. at Congregation Beth El Chabad. Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, his wife, and four of their children were sleeping in an apartment inside the synagogue.
Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, who survived with his family in the fire that completely destroyed Congregation Beth El synagogue, stands in front of the synagogue's ruins in Rutherford, New Jersey on August 8. ((photo credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
