Antakya Synagogue
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Antakya Synagogue
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The Antakya Synagogue is located in Antakya, Turkey near the border with Syria. It served the few remaining members of the once thriving, 2,300-year-old Jewish community of ancient Antioch, and which was one of the world's oldest Jewish communities, that by 2014, had shrunk to fewer than 20 members. The building was erected in 1890. Because Antakya is north of Jerusalem, the synagogue is built with the Torah Ark on the southern wall in a semi-circular apse. The synagogue was badly damaged in the
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Synagogue in Antakya, Turkey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antakya_Synagogue
date created:
2009-02-22T21:42:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T10:34:57Z
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