List of synagogues
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A list of particularly notable synagogues around the world. See Category:Synagogues by country for a more comprehensive listing.
- 770 Eastern Parkway - headquarters of Chabad
- Bevis Marks Synagogue - in the City of London, the oldest Jewish house of worship in London, established by the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in 1698
- Dohány Street Synagogue - in Budapest, the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world
- Eldridge Street Synagogue, the first synagogue built in the United States by East European Jews
- Great Synagogue of London, destroyed in the Blitz of World War II
- Great Synagogue, Plzeň
- Great Synagogue, Warsaw - blown up in 1943
- Maghen Avraham Synagogue - in Beirut, Lebanon. It was abandoned greatly during the Lebanese Civil War, but is well preserved.
- Moscow Choral Synagogue - main synagogue in Russia and the former USSR.
- Old New Synagogue, Prague - Europe's oldest active synagogue (1270)
- Temple Emanu-El - in Manhattan, the largest synagogue in the world
- Touro Synagogue - first synagogue in the United States
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[edit] External links
- Resources>Jewish Culture and Folklore>Synagogues and Cemeteries The Jewish History Resource Center, Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
