A historic New Jersey synagogue was destroyed by a four-alarm fire early Friday as the rabbi and his family of six escaped the inferno minutes before the building was completely engulfed in flames.

Rutherford residents stood with members of the Congregation Beth El Friday afternoon wondering what sparked the huge fire that destroyed the synagogue early that morning. Investigators from the Bergen ...

A rabbi and his family barely escaped with their lives after a historic 125-year-old synagogue in New Jersey consumed by a raging early-morning fire collapsed mere minutes after the family fled the ...

A Jewish community center that includes a synagogue burned to the ground in a fire in Rutherford, N.J. overnight. The house of worship is a total loss, after being part of the community for more than ...

Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, N.J., held a Sabbath service near the charred debris that remained. Members pledged to rebuild. By Mark Bonamo Even after their synagogue had burned to the ground, ...