Despite storm, Wilmington’s B’nai Israel will observe High Holy Days in sanctuary
Ironically, the trouble started just as the Conservative Jewish synagogue was having repairs made on its synagogue.
Workers were actually on the roof when a band of severe thunderstorms blew through the area on
The roofers scrambled to safety, while high winds blew away a tarp that had been covering unfinished portions of the structure.
"We had water pouring into the sanctuary," Atwood said.
"It came out of nowhere," said Rabbi
Fortunately, a meeting was under way in another corner of the building, so Kozlow and congregation members rushed to rescue B'nai
But there was only so much they could save. Water was left standing in much of the hall and on the bima (the raised platform where the pulpit stands), warping woodwork. Ceiling tiles and carpeting were totally spoiled and had to be discarded.
Fortunately the stained glass windows, just installed a few years ago, were undamaged.
Insurance adjusters are still computing the damage, but congregation president
Since the incident, B'nai
The Temple of
"We'll be on the bare concrete floor, and there won't be any ceiling tiles, but we will be here," said Kozlow, who chose to interpret the deluge as a blessing in disguise.
"Who knows?" she said. "I'll probably get a sermon out of all this."
The original B'nai
Originally an Orthodox congregation, B'nai
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