A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It has a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes...
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25944 The Paradesi Synagogue aka Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue (Malayalam: പരദേശി ജൂതപള്ളി) is a synagogue located in Mattancherry...
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was an antisemitic terrorist attack that took place at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel...
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Historic synagogues include synagogues that date back to ancient times and synagogues that represent the earliest Jewish presence in cities around the...
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Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a synagogue located at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, as construction workers, on behalf of the synagogue's leaders, attempted...
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Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to current or former synagogues in the following countries; Great Synagogue (Oran), converted into a mosque...
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The Dohány Street Synagogue (Hungarian: Dohány utcai zsinagóga / nagy zsinagóga; Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט, Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht)...
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in the synagogue Luke 4:16–37 describes Jesus teaching regularly in the synagogue, cf. Luke 4:23, where Jesus, speaking in the Nazareth synagogue, refers...
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detail with some of the notable synagogues of Jerusalem that do not have their own page as yet. Beis Aharon Synagogue of Karlin-Stolin. In around 1870...
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The United Synagogue (US) is a union of British Orthodox Jewish synagogues, representing the central Orthodox movement in Judaism. With 62 congregations...
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The Great Synagogue (Czech: Velká synagoga) in Plzeň, Czech Republic is the second largest synagogue in Europe. A Viennese architect Max Fleischer drew...
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Malmö Synagogue (Swedish: Malmö synagoga, Hebrew: בית הכנסת של מאלמו) is the only synagogue in Malmö, Sweden. It was built in 1903 and designed by the...
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Synagogue architecture often follows styles in vogue at the place and time of construction. There is no set blueprint for synagogues and the architectural...
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The Dura-Europos synagogue was an ancient synagogue uncovered at Dura-Europos, Syria, in 1932. The synagogue contains a forecourt and house of assembly...
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These are: The Old Synagogue Wolf Popper Synagogue Remah Synagogue High Synagogue Izaak Synagogue Temple Synagogue Kupa Synagogue Two other houses of...
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The Poway synagogue shooting occurred on April 27, 2019, at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, United States, a city which borders the north...
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The ancient synagogue of Gaza was built in 508 CE during the Byzantine period and was discovered in 1965. It was located in the ancient port city of Gaza...
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to the Acts of the Apostles, the Synagogue of the Libertines (e.g. King James Version, Wycliffe's Bible) or Synagogue of the Freedmen (e.g. New King James...
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The Old New Synagogue (Czech: Staronová synagoga; German: Altneu-Synagoge), also called the Altneuschul, situated in Josefov, Prague, is Europe's oldest...
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List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom (redirect from List of synagogues in the United Kingdom)
including synagogues, yeshivot and Hebrew schools. For a list of buildings which were previously used as synagogues see List of former synagogues in the...
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The Halle synagogue shooting occurred on 9 October 2019 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and continued in nearby Landsberg. After unsuccessfully trying...
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The Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת מקווה ישראל-עמנואל; English: The Hope of Israel-Emanuel Synagogue), in Willemstad, Curaçao, is the...
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Old Synagogue (Canterbury), England Old Synagogue (Dortmund), Germany Old Synagogue (Dubrovnik), Croatia Old Synagogue (Erfurt), Germany Old Synagogue (Essen)...
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The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel (Hebrew: קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest...
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Judaism (section Synagogues and religious buildings)
for synagogues and the architectural shapes and interior designs of synagogues vary greatly. The Reform movement mostly refer to their synagogues as temples...
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Angel Orensanz Center (redirect from Anshe Chesed Synagogue)
surviving synagogue building in New York City, and the fourth-oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States. It was the largest synagogue in the...
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Jubilee Synagogue (Czech: Jubilejní synagoga), also known as the Jerusalem Synagogue (Czech: Jeruzalémská synagoga) for its location on Jerusalem Street...
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The Dushanbe Synagogue (Russian: Душанбинская синагога), also known as the Bukharian Synagogue (Russian: Бухарская синагога), located in Dushanbe, the...
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The Spanish Synagogue (Czech: Španělská synagoga, German: Spanische Synagoge, Hebrew: בית הכנסת הספרדי) is the newest synagogue in the area of the so-called...
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The Old Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Stara) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue situated in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. In Yiddish it was referred...
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