Led by Grand Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Koretz and his son, firemen succeeded in saving the synagogues in a fire which today destroyed many Jewish houses and shops in Castoria, a Jewish quarter of Salonica.
One of the synagogues was used as a temporary shelter for men, women and children made homeless by the fire.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
