Aug. 28 1998 was a tragic day for t...

Aug. 28 1998 was a tragic day for the congregation of Manhattan's Central Synagogue, united of New York City's oldest Jewish fanes A fire -- ironically started accidentally by way of a worker repairing a rooftop air-conditioning unit -- quickly swallow uped the building's roof and spread downward. It bring to noughted the gabled roof and strictly damaged much of the interior of the 25000-sq-ft house of god which was designed in 1874 on Prussian-born Jewish architect Henry Fernbach.

Three years and $40 million later, Central Synagogue has been restored to its original grandeur. A private hap ...