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Blaze destroys Torah scrolls, Chabad House serving Florida State University

May 9, 2022

The cause of the fire, which ravaged the 11,000-square-foot building, is under investigation. No injuries were reported.

A fire ripped through Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle in Tallahassee, Fla., gutting the newly renovated building and consuming the Torah scrolls on May 8, 2022. Credit: Fire Department of Tallahassee, Fla.

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Replica of Holocaust cattle car used to transport Jews on display in Tallahassee

February 15, 2022

Inside the boxcar, visitors were given a 21-minute virtual experience that described the journey Jews made to Nazi concentration camps.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks outside a display of a replica railroad cattle car used during the Holocaust on display outside of Tallahassee, Feb. 10, 2022. Source: Ron DeSantis/Twitter.

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