As L.A. Fires Destroy Numerous Houses of Worship, Communities Vow to Persevere

Cătălin Roșioru

By HALLIE GOLDEN and LESLIE AMBRIZ / AP January 11, 2025 8:29 AM EST F lames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three companions rushed in to rescue its sacred Torah scrolls. Physically, that’s now all that is left of the 80-year-old synagogue, destroyed by wildfires that also destroyed a mosque, a Catholic parish and a half-dozen Protestant churches. Many members of these congregations were among the thousands of

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