Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-30
Florida Jewr4 Beeias
Reconstruction
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and dollars. The people here will
appreciate immediate assistance
for rehabilitation from the B'nai
Birth and Jewry at large"
Miami-Report Of Special repre-
sentative on scene of disaster. Isa-
dorc Schechter, aged 2s, of Atlanta,
Ga, and julius Shonbeck, forty-two,
of this city, two Of the victims Of the
Miami disaster. were buried today in
the Jewish cemetery.
City Like Battlefield
Jewish owners suffer heavy losses
in real estate. The city looks like a
battle field.
The Beth David Synagogue, the
only Orthodox synagogue in Miami,
was damaged by the storm. The roof
of the synagogue was torn off and
the windows were smashed. The
Holy Scrolls were saved by Louis
Slutsky, the sexton of the synagogue,
who, with his ten-year-old son, car
ried all the Torahs into the neighbor-
ing high school building.
The damaged synagogue has been
converted into an emergency hospital,
housing fifty beds. Relief for the
Jewish victims is being organized by
the official charity organizations
which have formed the United Jewish
Aid Committee, with p. Sheinberg as
president
Seek Employm For Hundreds
\ A survey committee to investigate
the Jewish situation and TO locate
the Jewish injured scattered in the
various hospitals is being organized
under the supervision of Rabbi Muir
ray Alsted of Beth David Synagogue.
A conference of prominent Jewish
citizens throughout the state will be
held during the next few days to CO.
ordinate Jewish relief work all over
the state.
No deaths of Jewish residents of
Hollywood and Ft. Lauderdale have
been reported. These two cities are
completely ruined, with not single
house left.
Sexton a Hero
Miami, Sept. % (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency, Report of Special
Representative on Scene of the Dis
aster)-A story of heroic courage in
spired by religious devotion, amidst
the scenes of desolation and destruc-
ton. was related to the representa-
tive Of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency by Louis Slutsky, the sexton
of the Beth David Synagogue, when
it became endangered by the rising
storm and hurricane.
"At the beginning, We paid little
attention to the Storm" Slutsky said,
'but later, when We saw roofs flying
in the street and when the flood be-
gan, it became clear to me that some
thing must be done to save the
Torahs at the synagogue. 1t was
already dangerous to venture into the
street because of flying pieces from
the buildings and the flood. I thought
that repetition of Noah's deluge
was coming, when everything would
be washed off the earth.
Lets go to the. synagogue and see
about the Torahs," said to my ten
year-old son. "If we die, then, at
least it viii be with clear conscience
that everything was done to save the
Torahs.' My son agreed and VIC left
our house for the synagogue. Every
second of our way was an experience,
but we reached the synagogue safely
because Shluchei mitzwa Einon Nizu-
kin Ia messenger on a good GRAND
will not be harmed)
Arriving at the synagogue, VIC
found the building damaged and
water flooding it. The water was
over the Oron Kodosh. We took them
up to the women's section in the gal
lery. We were prepared to carry
them higher if the flood reached the
gallery. But the water did not go
so high as to reach the gallery. We
remained in the synagogue until the
storm had quieted down." Mr.. Slutski
concluded.