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Exeter Synagogue
The Exeter Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue, located in Synagogue Place, Mary Arches Street, in the old city of Exeter, Devon, England, in the United Kingdom. Established in the 1720s as the Exeter Hebrew Congregation, an Orthodox congregation that worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite, the congregation has been led by laity since , and caters to all shades of Judaism including Reform, Liberal, Masorti and other Jewish denominations. Designed by Stephen Emanuel and completed in 1763, the synagogue building is the third oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom. The synagogue was originally built as a Sephardi synagogue for Dutch Jews trading in Exeter.
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The Exeter Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue, located in Synagogue Place, Mary Arches Street, in the old city of Exeter, Devon, England, in the United Kingdom. Established in the 1720s as the Exeter Hebrew Congregation, an Orthodox congregation that worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite, the congregation has been led by laity since , and caters to all shades of Judaism including Reform, Liberal, Masorti and other Jewish denominations. Designed by Stephen Emanuel and completed in 1763, the synagogue building is the third oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom. The synagogue was originally built as a Sephardi synagogue for Dutch Jews trading in Exeter.
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