Torah Rescue Efforts following Hurricane Katrina
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Removing the Torahs from the Holy Ark
Removing Torah scrolls from New Orleans' flooded Beth Israel Synagogue following Hurricane Katrina.
Alan Smason
Rabbi Issac Leider of ZAKA and a FEMA official remove the torah scrolls from the flooded Beth Israel main sanctuary. A pew floats by in the foreground with religious books that will eventually have to be destroyed.
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