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Posted By richards on October 1, 2014

VINNY VELLA, Daily News Staff Writer vellav@phillynews.com, 215-854-2513 Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 12:16 AM

RABBI DAVID KUSHNER is having a rough start to the Jewish New Year.

"We're trying to look at this situation positively," Kushner, of Rhawnhurst, told the Daily News last night. "The year can only get better from here."

Early Thursday, his Ford Explorer was torched as it sat parked in the lot next to the Rodef Sholom Synagogue in Atlantic City, the rabbi said.

Kushner recently became the synagogue's rabbi, and had parked the SUV in the lot Wednesday night before conducting Rosh Hashanah services.

Officials haven't released an official report on the blaze, but Kushner said investigators told him that the fire is "suspicious."

Atlantic City authorities did not respond to requests for comment.

"I think someone picked the car because it was parked at the synagogue during worship," Kushner said. "It's almost impossible to say it was a coincidence."

Kushner said he lost some valuables in the fire, including equipment he uses as a volunteer Emergency medical technician in Monmouth County, N.J.

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