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Synagogue

Community places for Jewish liturgical services and public worship, assembly, and study.

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Medieval synagogues in Toledo, Spain

Works of Art

The Synagogue at Dura-Europos

c. late 2nd–mid-3rd century C.E.

Architecture and ritual in the Ghriba synagogue, Tunisia

19th century

The Ben Ezra Synagogue, Fustat, Egypt

founded 1006, rebuilt 1893

The Gwoździec synagogue: the lost art of painted wooden synagogues

mid-17th century

The Gwoździec Synagogue

mid-17th century

Three synagogues in the Venetian Ghetto

founded 1528

founded 1575

1532

Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, Jobar (Syria)

c. 1200–2014

Altneushul, Prague

Completed 1270