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 | | The origin of the synagogue, in which the congregation gathered to worship and to receive the religious instruction connected therewith, is wrapped in obscurity. | | | One synagogue received its name from the Campus Martius, and one from the Subura, a populous quarter of Rome; while another was termed "the Synagogue of the Olive-Tree." The inscriptions refer even to a synagogue of "the Hebrews," which belonged probably to a community of Jews who spoke Hebrew or Aramaic. | | | When the Jews of Ratisbon were expelled in 1519, their synagogue, which was built of freestone, was demolished by the citizens (even the nobles and the bishop taking part in the work of destruction), and a church was erected on the site. |
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http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1212&letter=S&search=judaism
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| | Paradesi Synagogue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The inscription states that the structure was built in the year 5105 (in Jewish tradition) as a holy abode for the spirit of God the eternal, and would be honoured. | | | As is normal for Orthodox Jewish synagogues, the Paradesi Synagogue has separate seating sections for men and women. | | | It was built in the year 1568 by the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradesi_Synagogue
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| | Synagogue 3000's Purpose |
| | Synagogue 3000 is a catalyst for excellence, empowering congregations and communities to create synagogues that are sacred and vital centers of Jewish life. | | | Sacred communities are those where relationships with God and with each other define everything the synagogue does; where ritual is engaging; where Torah suffuses all we do; where social justice is a moral imperative; and where membership is about welcoming and engaging both the committed and the unaffiliated. | | | We seek to make synagogues compelling moral and spiritual centers – sacred communities – for the twenty-first century. |
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http://www.synagogue3000.org/purpose.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Synagogue |
| | Another Greek name for synagogue in use among Hellenistic Jews, is proseuké, shortened after the analogy of sunagogé, from oikos proseukos, house of prayer (cf. | | | The Great Synagogue is worthy of special mention, as to it is assigned, by Jewish tradition, the important rôle of forming the Canon of the Old Testament. | | | Even by the time of Christ, the exposition of Scripture was part of the synagogal liturgy (Matthew 4:23; Mark 1:21; 6:2). |
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| | The synagogue is a symbol of the incompleteness of the Jewish religions, which all Jews feel. | | | The central house of religious activities in Jewish religion, and is the most important religious institution along with the temple of Jerusalem that was destroyed in 70 CE. | | | In most synagogues, men and women sit apart, but this is not custom in synagogues used by Reformists and Conservatives. |
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http://i-cias.com/e.o/synagog.htm
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| | synagogue - Easton's Bible Dictionary on StudyLight.org |
| | Where perfected into a system, the services of the synagogue, which were at the same hours as those of the temple, consisted, (1) of prayer, which formed a kind of liturgy, there were in all eighteen prayers; (2) the reading of the Scriptures in certain definite portions; and (3) the exposition of the portions read. | | | The establishment of synagogues wherever the Jews were found in sufficient numbers helped greatly to keep alive Israel's hope of the coming of the Messiah, and to prepare the way for the spread of the gospel in other lands. | | | The worship of the Christian Church was afterwards modelled after that of the synagogue. |
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http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?action=Lookup&word=synagogue
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| | Delos |
| | The sacred nature of that building recommends the view that the Delos synagogue was also originally built as a sacred place for either Jews or Samaritans. | | | This inscription (ID 2333=CIJ 1.731), whose surviving text is very fragmentary, is a adorned with two rosettes, a symbol found on the Temple mount as well as on the lintel of the Gamla synagogue and on fragments recovered with the Theodotus inscription. | | | In 1912, a team under the direction of André Plassart discovered the remains of a synagogue, so identified by votive offerings to "God Most High," a common Jewish epithet for the Divine, as well as an inscription associated with the building that uses the term proseuchê, the most common Greek word for the synagogue. |
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http://www.pohick.org/sts/delos.html
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| | Living near the 101-year-old synagogue is imperative for congregation members; Orthodox Jews center their lives around the congregation. | | | The synagogue started making the loans available informally five years ago to congregation members who wanted to buy homes in Malden. | | | The congregation hired him eight years ago and gave him the task of re-establishing the community. |
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| | WorshipQuest.com has the synagogue directory you need to find the place of religion, prayer, and worship you are looking for in your community. | | | Even today, a local Jewish synagogue is governed by the congregation and is normally led by a rabbi who has been chosen by the congregation. | | | When Christianity began to spread, and the Jewish religion was no longer centered in Jerusalem, the local synagogue became the new center of Jewish life, and authority shifted from the centralized priesthood to resident scholars and teachers. |
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http://www.worshipquest.org/synagogue.html
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| | Judaism 101: Synagogues, Shuls and Temples |
| | At a minimum, a synagogue is a beit tefilah, a house of prayer. | | | Conservative Jews usually use the word "synagogue," which is actually a Greek translation of Beit K'nesset and means "place of assembly" (it's related to the word "synod"). | | | The synagogue is the Jewish equivalent of a church, more or less. |
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http://www.jewfaq.org/shul.htm
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| | synagogue on Encyclopedia.com |
| | SYNAGOGUE [synagogue] [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. | | | Services in the synagogue were conducted in a simpler manner than in the Temple. | | | Synagogue charts growth ; Etz Chaim has no rabbi, and that's just fine with some members, even as their community grows. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/synagogu.asp
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| | Crosswalk.com |
| | The legatus of the synagogues appears in the angel, (Revelation 1:20; 2:1) perhaps also in the apostle of the Christian Church. | | | For the elders, as for those of the synagogue, were reserved the graver offences against religion and morals. | | | A knowledge of the history and worship of the synagogues is of great importance, since they are the characteristic institution of the later phase of Judaism. |
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http://www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/SmithsBibleDictionary/smt.cgi?number=T4166
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| | Synagogue Etiquette |
| | A synagogue is a house of God, a place to feel God's presence, worship, and join a community in prayer. | | | In most synagogues, it is customary for people to cover their heads as a sign of respect for God and acknowledgement that there is something "above" us in the universe. | | | An eternal light stood outside our ancestors' Temple to God in Jerusalem, signifying the eternal nature of the Jewish Covenant with God. |
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http://scheinerman.net/judaism/synagogue/visiting.html
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| | Synagogue (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools |
| | The oldest Christian meetings and meeting-places were modeled on the pattern of the synagogues, and, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic the word kenishta' is used for the Christian church (compare Zahn, Tatian's Diatessaron, 335). | | | Alms for the poor were collected in the synagogue (compare Matthew 6:2). | | | According to Philo (Quod omnis probus liber sit, xii, et al.) the Essenes had their own synagogues, and, from 'Abhoth 3 10, it seems that "the people of the land," i.e. |
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http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/8532
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| | Chicago Loop Synagogue |
| | While the form of worship in the Synagogue is Traditional, all Jews whatever their background or religious affiliation are made welcome at its services. | | | By providing a convenient place for daily worship, the Synagogue makes it possible for men and women from all parts of the city and suburbs to make congregational prayer a regular part of their business day, as well as for mourners to recite the Kaddish prayers. | | | The synagogue also services as a place of worship for the thousands of Jewish visitors to Chicago from all parts of the world who, most often, stay in the downtown area. |
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http://www.chicagoloopsynagogue.org
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| | The Synagogue |
| | All that remained of the Jewish presence there was a synagogue, the school and the house of the rabbi. | | | In keeping with the spirit of the synagogues of antiquity this period of study is very important as we can also discuss certain texts at leisure and not as part of the Shahrit morning prayers. | | | This area of Poland is known as a ‘borderland’ as it changed identity many times and the people who lived there were accustomed to people of different ethnic and religious ties. |
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http://www.etz-hayyim-hania.org/_Jottings/jot01.html
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| | Fifth Avenue Synagogue - New York |
| | Our synagogue was to be for those who felt the force of a whispered Hebrew prayer; for those who relished the distinction of their heritage; for those who carried the tradition of Judaism proudly and gratefully. | | | Fifth Avenue Synagogue is a community guided by an ethos of inclusive, Torah-anchored Judaism, with an ambitious agenda to help our diverse constituency lead lives suffused with Jewish meaning. | | | Whatever your religious background, you will discover in our Modern Orthodox congregation a place to learn and live Torah. |
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| | Online postcard exhibition |
| | While a formal edifice of communal worship, the American synagogue was not only a house of prayer. | | | Exemplified by these postcards, American synagogues are also landmarks, places for traveling Jews to attend worship services, or connect with family and friends. | | | Oftentimes these plots of land dictated where the community built its first, and many times subsequent, synagogues. |
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http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards
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| | Amazon.com: The Synagogue Survival Kit: Books: Jordan Wagner |
| | The chapters are devoted to such topics as synagogue customs and features, the structure of the worship experience, the siddur (Jewish prayerbook), individual prayers, and the public Torah (biblical) reading. | | | Extensive notes follow each chapter, and a cross-reference to selections in the most commonly used prayer books fleshes out this carefully crafted primer, which is perfect for Jews rediscovering their own traditions, Jews by choice and others who wish to participate in Jewish events. | | | While people may go to most any church and feel perfectly at home, the Synagogue is not as well known. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568219679?v=glance
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| | Who Invented the Synagogue? Chabad.org |
| | Thus was born the "Place of Gathering" -- Beit Kenesset in the Hebrew, and "Synagogue" in the Greek. | | | The primary focus of Judaism, however, has always been the life of each individual and their home and family, lived in a strong and mutually responsible community. | | | In fact, when a Jewish community starts from scratch, building a synagogue is not the first item on its "to do" list. |
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| | Touro Synagogue, New Orleans, LA - Home |
| | Touro Synagogue's congregants are facing a new world with great challenges as they begin to rebuild thier world thier lives. | | | It is also a house of learning and a "community synagogue" with a commitment to social action. | | | The name "Touro" was adopted after 1881, when the two congregations merged and honored the memory of the New Orleans philanthropist and community leader, Judah Touro. |
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| | BBC NEWS World Europe Bombed Turkish synagogue reopens |
| | Turkey's Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva led prayers and spoke of enduring ties between Jews and Muslims in Istanbul. | | | A tearful member of the congregation, Leon Esim, 51, described the synagogue as his "second home", adding: "Today is a very happy day." | | | Turkish authorities said DNA tests confirmed that two Turks, Mesut Cabuk, 29, and Gokhan Elaltuntas, 22, blew themselves up at Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues. |
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| | The interior of Snoa resemble the mother Synagogue the three high vaulted ceiling, the Holy Ark, the galleries,, the benches and the illumination, all have a marked semblance of the Synagogue in Amsterdam. | | | The earliest map of that era show that the "Joden Kwartier" was comprised of a number of plantation."Blyenheim" (later Bleinheim) Judio, Rozentak (Gasparito) and De Hoop (The Hope), there is a strong suggestion that the settlers have given the congregation the name of "Mikve Israel" The Hope of Israel. | | | Which was demolished to built the Synagogue, being the predecessor to the present "Snoa". |
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| | About Us |
| | Our synagogue, which was founded nearly 150 years ago, is Brooklyn's oldest Jewish congregation that still serves the community in which it was founded. | | | A member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, our community of 275 households embraces people from a wide range of religious and personal backgrounds -- liberal, conservative, straight, gay, single and married. | | | We share in a modern intellectual community where young and old meet to discover the power of Judaism to raise spirits, enrich our families, help others and pursue spiritual growth. |
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http://www.kanestreet.org
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| | Welcome to Synagogue 2000 |
| | In so doing, we believe that synagogues can revitalize their role as sacred communities that connect us to each other and to God. | | | Looking out on our new century, we believe that the synagogues of North America can fulfill the hope that Moses experienced on Pisgah, that they can become true spiritual centers where God's presence is felt every day, where Judaism is joyously celebrated and where each person deeply matters. | | | Looking out from the summit of Pisgah, Moses believed that the promised land was a place where God's presence would be felt. |
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| | Sanctuary and Synagogue: Online Exhibit at JTS |
| | This print depicts the first synagogue building of Congregation Talmud Torah which was established in 1639 upon the unification of three smaller Portuguese congregations. | | | Interior of the First Synagogue of Congregation Talmud Torah (1639-1675) | | | After the congregation moved into its new building in 1675, the old synagogue was sold to a member of the congregation and utilized as a wedding hall until it was demolished in 1931. |
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| | Central Synagogue of Chicago |
| | The author, Dr. Joseph Levine, writes: "While other books targeted at an interdenominational audience have discussed holy space-and-time where words and music come together via transformative ritualized chant, Rise and Be Seated is the first to locate that approach exclusively within Jewish worship, traditionally free-flowing and democratic rather than pulpit-directed and elitist. | | | The Traditional Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue of the Near North Side of Chicago | | | Chicago Synagogues: Near North / Downtown Conservative Congregation |
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| | Quarrels keep Vilnius synagogue closed |
| | Although this new religious group has their own premises for prayers, the traditional Jewish community is allowed to pray in their synagogue. | | | He wanted to become a chairman of the religious Jewish community in order to become the only person in charge of the restitution," said Levina. | | | VILNIUS-The only practicing synagogue in Vilnius was closed on Aug. 30 for the third time this year due to unresolved arguments between the Jewish Community of Lithuania and the Chabad Lubavitch organization. |
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| | The Great Synagogue in Dohány Street, Budapest |
| | The choir-gallery is situated above the Holy Ark, while the women's galleries, supported by steel ornamented poles, are located at the upper levels on both southern and northern sides of the synagogue. | | | After World War 2, the damaged structure became again a prayer house for the much-diminished Jewish community. | | | It was built between 1854-1859 by the Neolog Jewish community of Pest according to the plans of the Viennese architect Ludwig Foerster. |
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| | Emanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City, OK |
| | We're an egalitarian, traditional Conservative synagogue: egalitarian because women participate equally with men in all aspects of our religious life; traditional because we believe it's important to preserve our beautiful ancient heritage while still living fully in the modern world. | | | While we follow many traditional practices, we're open to innovation and change, and we welcome new ideas and new faces. | | | We're affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. |
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| | Astoria Center of Israel: Welcome to our synagogue in Astoria, Queens! |
| | Astoria Center of Israel is an egalitarian synagogue that maintains a conservative Jewish tradition and is built around a warm, wonderful group of people that embraces a wide variety of perspectives on Judaism in a joyful and inclusive community. | | | Astoria Center of Israel: Welcome to our synagogue in Astoria, Queens! | | | Mommy and Me Cooperative If anyone has infants or toddlers and would like to participate in a Mommy and Me class (Daddies are equally welcome) please contact the shul at info@astoriacenterofisrael.org and let us know. |
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| | Welcome to Congregation Sha'ar Zahav |
| | We welcome all who wish to join us for worship, learning, and celebration at our synagogue at the corner of 16th and Dolores Streets in San Francisco. | | | Read more about our unique congregation and its mission in Who We Are. | | | Congregation Sha'ar Zahav is a progressive Reform synagogue, established in 1977. |
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| | Capharnaum 1st cent. AD Synagogue |
| | In the specific case of Capharnaum, the presence of an earlier synagogue would better explain why the fourth century Jewish community of the village chose this very spot to raise the monumental white synagogue in spite of the fact that the chosen area was extremely close to a Christian shrine. | | | It is well known in fact that religious structures were normally rebuilt in the same sacred area through the centuries. | | | Finally, this identification takes into account the fact that pilgrims (as Egeria) located the first century synagogue in the area of the white synagogue. |
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| | Synagogue - Wikimedia Commons |
| | en: A synagogue is a Jewish house of worship. | | | This page was last modified 17:20, 17 April 2006. | | | The Great Synagogue (Velká synagoga), Plzeň (Czech Republic) |
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| | Capernaum |
| | (Column drums made out of gray marble have also been discovered in a lower stratum of fill material.) It is thus the basalt synagogue which is referred to in the four Gospels. | | | Visible are the Limestone synagogue, the Basalt wall of the I CE synagogue (MB 2) and the first century stone pavement. | | | Most recent excavations have revealed two synagogues, a white limestone synagogue dating from the fourth to fifth centuries CE, and a black basalt synagogue dating from the first half of the first century CE. |
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| | Spero News Synagogue 3000 aims to increase Jewish worshippers |
| | Synagogue 3000 says its objective is to encourage Jews to recommit to Jewish tradition and “synagogue life by creating new 21st century spiritual arenas where relationships with God and with each other define everything the synagogue does.” | | | According to Synagogue 3000, an umbrella organization pushing for synagogue transformation, there was “a pathbreaking meeting with Rick Warren ("The Purpose-Driven Life"), founding pastor of Saddleback Church" — an evangelical Christian church that average over 30,000 worshippers each weekend - to explore what synagogues can learn from mega-churches and small groups. | | | Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur attract more Jews to synagogue—and more attention to American Jews in general—than at any other time of year. |
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http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=128&id=1980
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| | Touro Synagogue :: Welcome to Touro Synagogue |
| | Dedicated in December 1763, the Georgian influenced building is situated on an angle within the property allowing worshippers standing in prayer before the Holy Ark to face east toward Jerusalem. | | | For over two centuries, the small synagogue standing here has testified that men may seek eternal truths in their own particular ways without hindrance from the civil government that embraces them all. | | | This architectural jewel was designed by Peter Harrison, America's most famous 18th century architect and is considered to be his finest effort. |
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| | The Chagall Windows |
| | Marc ChagallMarc Chagall, who was present at the dedication, spoke of the joy he felt in bringing "my modest gift to the Jewish people, who have always dreamt of biblical love, of friendship and peace among all people; to that people who lived here, thousands of years ago, among other Semitic people. | | | In the Synagogue of the Hadassah university hospital, Ein Kerem, | | | The Synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center was dedicated on February 6th, 1962, as part of Hadassah's Golden Anniversary celebration. |
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| | Russia News |
| | It is, according to Carol Krinsky, a variation of the 1893 (Grand Choral) synagogue: "Its elevation is simpler, more geometric, and modern. | | | The synagogue was consecrated in 1893, and after its completion, Russian authorities ordered all Jewish meeting houses in the city closed - in order that they be moved to the newly completed synagogue. | | | Designed by prominent modernist architect of Yaacov Gevirts, and built between 1908-1910, the structure originally also served as a prayer-house. |
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| | Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua, New Hampshire USA |
| | TBA has been serving the spiritual, educational, and social needs of the Jewish community in the greater Nashua area for over 100 years. | | | braham is a conservative synagogue of almost 350 member families, affiliated with the |
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| | Holy Land Photos |
| | Interior of the fourth (some say fifth/sixth) century synagogue. | | | The Franciscans excavators believe that the black foundation walls that they found under this synagogue are those of the synagogue that Jesus preached in. | | | A person is standing in main/central entrance door. The synagogue was constructed out of white limestone as were its floors. |
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| | Synagogue Eastern Andalusia with Granada & Cordoba Sights & Activities Fodor's Online Travel Guide |
| | Though it no longer functions as a place of worship, it's a treasured symbol for Spain's modern Jewish communities. | | | The only Jewish temple in Andalusia to survive the expulsion and inquisition of the Jews in 1492, Córdoba's synagogue is also one of only three ancient synagogues left in all of Spain (the other two are in Toledo). | | | Look for the fine plant motifs and the Hebrew inscription stating that the synagogue was built in 1315. |
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| | Community Synagogue of Rye - Overview |
| | As members of Community Synagogue we have an amazing opportuntiy to support a sister community in Israel. | | | Kibbutz Lotan is located in the Arava region of Israel near Eilat. | | | A Recycling program that's good for the earth and Community Synagogue. |
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| | CNN.com - Largest Gaza settlement evacuated, Israel says - Aug 18, 2005 |
| | The action in Neve Dekalim came after hours of unsuccessful negotiations with religious leaders inside the synagogue. | | | Going into synagogues is "traumatic" for the troops, she said. | | | It wasn't clear how many of the community's 500 residents were included in that figure, and it doesn't take into account at least two busloads of protesters removed from the synagogue there. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/gaza.pullout
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| | Buhusi |
| | Before WW2 the Jewish community of Buhusi numbered in the thousands, and afterwards, having survived the war, most moved to Israel leaving only a handful of elderly people remaining. | | | Ion L Cuza, on the left, is the schul, adjacent to a large shady garden, all enclosed by a wooden picket fence and a locked gate. | | | The synagogue was built in 1859, and has been fully restored since it was damaged by local youths in the 1980s, who broke in thieving, and set fire to a room. |
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| | St. Thomas Synagogue |
| | Visitors of all faiths experience wonder and awe standing in its simple and stately interior. | | | We also hope to welcome you in person to our Synagogue, which is a National Historic Landmark. | | | Hundreds of customers came away happy and the Synagogue realized its financial goals. |
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