The Mograbi Cinema, one of the oldest in Tel Aviv and a famous landmark on the corner of Allenby Road and Ben Yehuda Street, was gutted by fire Tuesday night. Police and firefighters said that preliminary investigations appear to rule out arson. The blaze broke out in the upper balcony area, when the building was empty, shortly after the second show of the evening had ended.
CORRECTION A report on the Chaplaincy Commission in the Daily News bulletin dated June 19 incorrectly identified the Commission’s chairman. He is Rabbi Barry Greene.
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