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Open to the Public Museums 🇨🇿 Prague

Spanish Synagogue

Moorish Revival synagogue built in 1868 on the site of Prague’s Old Shul.

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Repurposed Museums 🇨🇿 Prague

Klausen Synagogue

Baroque synagogue linked to Rabbi Loew, the Burial Society and Jewish customs.

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Open to the Public Museums 🇨🇿 Prague

Maisel Synagogue

Renaissance synagogue founded by Mordecai Maisel, now part of the Jewish Museum.

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Existing Museums 🇵🇹 Azores

Sahar Hassamain Synagogue

1836 synagogue of Ponta Delgada’s Moroccan Sephardic Jewish community

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Access by Appointment Synagogues 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Bet Eliahu Synagogue

Modern synagogue of Belmonte’s reconstituted Jewish community, opened in 1996.

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Repurposed Synagogues 🇵🇰 Punjab

Former Synagogue of Rawalpindi

Former Mashhadi Jewish synagogue preserved as a repurposed building in Rawalpindi.

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Access by Appointment Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Congregation Rodeph Sholom

Historic Reform synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, founded in 1842.

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Existing Synagogues 🇺🇸 California

Sha’ar Zahav

Reform LGBTQ synagogue founded in 1977 in San Francisco

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Existing Synagogues 🇵🇫 Papeete

Synagogue HaAva veHaHava

Synagogue of Papeete and the main Jewish place of worship in French Polynesia.

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General Area Lost Sites 🇨🇳 Kaifeng

Former Kaifeng Synagogue

Former site of the Kaifeng Synagogue, center of historic Kaifeng Jewish life.

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General Area Synagogues 🇿🇲 Lusaka

Lusaka Synagogue

Historic synagogue of the Lusaka Hebrew Congregation, completed in 1942.

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Lost Synagogues 🇲🇩 Șoldănești

Rashkov Great Synagogue Ruins

Preserved 1749 Baroque synagogue ruin in Rașcov.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇨🇿 Prague

Old New Synagogue

Medieval active synagogue in Prague’s former Jewish quarter.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Historic Reform synagogue founded by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in 1907.

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Access by Appointment Museums 🇺🇸 New York

Historic Romaniote Synagogue in New York

Historic Romaniote synagogue and museum on the Lower East Side

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Access by Appointment Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Bialystoker Synagogue

Historic Orthodox synagogue in a converted 1826 Lower East Side church.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Temple Emanu-El

Historic Reform synagogue on Fifth Avenue, founded in 1845.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Central Synagogue

Moorish Revival Reform synagogue and historic landmark in Midtown Manhattan.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Congregation Shearith Israel

Historic synagogue of North America’s first Jewish congregation.

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Access by Appointment Synagogues 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Lisbon Synagogue Shaaré Tikvá

Synagogue in Lisbon inaugurated on May 18, 1904

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