Seven Torahs destroyed in Hurricane Katrina were buried in Louisiana. More than 200 people attended Sunday’s ceremony near New Orleans. The Torahs belonged to Beth Israel, a 102-year-old congregation that was flooded during the August 2005 storm, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
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