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NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Conservative movement has raised $40,000 to help rebuild a synagogue destroyed in the recent earthquake in Chile.
The synagogue of the Communidad Israelita De Concepcion, the Jewish community in Concepcion, was badly damaged when the first of what has turned out to be several powerful earthquakes hit Chile starting in late February. Rabbi Angel Kreiman, the rabbi of Concepcion, estimates that the 3 story synagogue had about $200,000 worth of damage, according to Masorti Olami.
Since a fund was set up on March 1 to help rebuild the synagogue, Masorti Olami, an affiliate of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Masorti Movement in Israel, have raised some $40,000.
For more information, visit www.masortiworld.org/molami/chilerelief.
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