‘I Saw Houses Turned Over’
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Philip Gelman knew, even before he stepped on a Tegucigalpa-bound American Airlines flight last week, that the synagogue and most other buildings in the capital of...
View ArticleFor Honduras Shul, A New Beginning
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer A few hours after Shabbat services one Friday night in October of 1998, the heavens over Tegucigalpa opened up. Hurricane Mitch struck Honduras, killing some 7,000 people...
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by Steve Lipman Staff Writer The dedication of the new synagogue in Tegucigalpa on Sunday has special significance for one visitor from New York City. Michael Jordan, from Riverdale, who was among a...
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