Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, more than a century old, was destroyed. The mayor said there was no indication of arson so far.

A historic New Jersey synagogue was engulfed by a four-alarm fire early Friday morning as a rabbi and his family of six "luckily" escaped the inferno.

A fire early Friday morning destroyed a historic synagogue and Jewish community center in Rutherford, New Jersey, as the congregation’s rabbi and his family escaped unharmed. The four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 2:45 a.