Teen dedicates Torah to Long Beach community
As the Long Beach community recovers from superstorm Sandy, a rare Torah dedication and Torah parade with hundreds of people, singing and dancing is meant to lift their spirits.Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (March 10, 2013) (March 10, 2013 8:48 PM)
The Long Beach Jewish community received a much-needed lift Sunday with a Torah dedication and parade meant to inspire and revive an area that lost several of its holy scrolls in superstorm Sandy.
Amid the festivities, celebrants wrote the final Hebrew words on the Torah.
"We've been suffering five months now since the hurricane brought great devastation to our community," said Rabbi...
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