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Omaha, NE - Day of Sorrow for Synagogue as Playground Burns |
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Jul 30, 2009 at 10:53 PM
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Omaha, NE - The fire started just after 8pm outside the Beth Israel Synagogue, located at 126thnd Pacific Streets.
Some 30 members were in the synagogue, when they smelled smoke. They went outside to discover the playground completely engulfed in flames.
Witnesses said they saw three teens, two girls and a boy, fleeing the scene with a duffel bag.
It took firefighters only 15 minutes to douse the flames.
Today is Tisha B'av, a traditional day of mourning for Jews. It commemorates the two-thousand year anniversary of the burning of the Jewish temple.
Omaha police are searching for the teens suspected of starting the fire. Anyone with information is asked to contact the arson hotline, at 444-FIRE
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Jul 30, 2009 at 11:07 PM Anonymous Says:
"With fire you destroyed and with fire you will rebuild"
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Jul 30, 2009 at 11:57 PM jason Says:
any info if there are any decendents of the old rabbi of omaha rabbi tzvi gridzinski
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Jul 31, 2009 at 06:08 AM Anonymous Says:
There are actually frum jews in Omaha?
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Jul 31, 2009 at 05:49 AM Rocheyl Says:
I used to live there.. As far as I know no decndents live there... This was a brand nee plsyground when I moved away 5 years ago it was only in the planning stage..
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Jul 31, 2009 at 08:25 AM Anonymous Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
yeah, lots of us!
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Jul 31, 2009 at 09:54 AM Former NY'er Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
You sound like such a typical NY'er its sickening. There are frum yidin all over the country not just in NY & NJ!!
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Jul 31, 2009 at 09:49 AM Zach Kessin Says:
It appears to be an OU affiliated shul. I would expect that its probably a very small and friendly place, but without some of the stuff you might expect from a larger shul. There are probably not 14 different shirium etc.
Never been there, but the pictures on the webpage look nice
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Jul 31, 2009 at 10:18 AM Anonymous Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
Yes believe it or not, there ar frum jews in Omaha!!! Yes this was a new playground only apx 4 years old, now the kids have no where to play. The Montessori school next door used to play on it...We were all inside the shul watching movies for Tisha b'av and smelled the smoke, by the time we got outside the fire was almost put out by the fire dept. The playground is gone, how sad for this to happen in a city like omaha nebraska.
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Jul 31, 2009 at 10:18 AM Anonymous Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
Yes believe it or not, there ar frum jews in Omaha!!! Yes this was a new playground only apx 4 years old, now the kids have no where to play. The Montessori school next door used to play on it...We were all inside the shul watching movies for Tisha b'av and smelled the smoke, by the time we got outside the fire was almost put out by the fire dept. The playground is gone, how sad for this to happen in a city like omaha nebraska.
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Jul 31, 2009 at 10:23 AM Chaya Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
Omaha has always had a very close, cohesive Jewish community and yes, there are frum Jews there. When I was growing up in the 1960's, Omaha had a kosher bakery, Friedmans, Diamonds Kosher Meat Market, Nebraska Kosher Meat Market and mikvah. Although today the above-mentioned businesses are no longer, people have Bag-N-Save stores where they carry kosher meats, wines and so on.
Several years ago Avraham Fried gave a performance in Omaha through its Chabad House and my Father, OBM, enjoyed the evening.
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Jul 31, 2009 at 12:10 PM Anonymous Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
There are Jews in Omaha - what difference does it make if they are frum?
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Jul 31, 2009 at 01:53 PM Not from NY or NJ(B"H) Says:
“ You sound like such a typical NY'er its sickening. There are frum yidin all over the country not just in NY & NJ!! ”
Now THIS is news-worthy...Are there really frum Jews outside of NY & NJ? I simply can't believe this. We probaly are not as frum as the NY & NJ Jews though...Something to aspire to...
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Jul 31, 2009 at 01:53 PM Not from NY or NJ(B"H) Says:
“ You sound like such a typical NY'er its sickening. There are frum yidin all over the country not just in NY & NJ!! ”
Now THIS is news-worthy...Are there really frum Jews outside of NY & NJ? I simply can't believe this. We probaly are not as frum as the NY & NJ Jews though...Something to aspire to...
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Jul 31, 2009 at 04:15 PM David Says:
“ There are actually frum jews in Omaha? ”
Who cares if they are frum or not, do you think the arsonists asked before setting the fire? Why should we?
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Jul 31, 2009 at 04:34 PM Jews west of the Hudson??? Says:
How could there be Jews in Omaha? After all, it is west of the Hudson river.
Maybe they meant that there are Indians there from the ten lost tribes of Israel?
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Jul 31, 2009 at 06:21 PM Anonymous Says:
As a Jew originally from Omaha, I'm used to every single NYer I meet asking me incredulously, "There are Jews in Omaha!?" and even questioning me about my heritage to ascertain my Jewishness for him/herself. It's a little provincial. As my mom likes to say, "Not everyone who came in through Ellis Island settled within 20 miles of where the ship dropped them off."
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Jul 31, 2009 at 03:45 PM Anonymous Says:
Since Omaha doesn't have any notable yeshivas or notable Talmud chachams, you can't blame NY/NJ frum Jews for not knowing if there are any Jews in Omaha. I'm sure Patagonia might have a frum community like Omaha but no one hears of them much either.
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Aug 18, 2009 at 04:18 PM Anonymous Says:
There are notable talmud chachams in Omaha!!! maybe everyone should not talk about what they dont know
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Sep 09, 2009 at 09:16 AM Anonymous Says:
“ There are notable talmud chachams in Omaha!!! maybe everyone should not talk about what they dont know ”
there WERE talmud chachams in omaha like rabbi grodzinky, but the only talmid chacham i know of in omaha is the chabad rabbi