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Bershad, Ukraine The Bershad Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue , located on Narodna Street, in Bershad , in the Vinnytsia Oblast of Ukraine . Built in the beginning of the 19th century, it is one of the very few synagogues in Ukraine that was neither destroyed during World War II nor closed by the Soviet authorities in the years after the war. The synagogue is still used by the small Jewish community of Bershad that worships in the Ashkenazi rite . It is not to be confused with the magnificent Great Synagogue , which does no longer exist. Historic Synagogues of Europe . Hebrew University of Jerusalem . 1998 . My Shtetl - Jewish towns of the Ukraine . Jewish Religious community of Zhmerinka. n.d .
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Synagogue in Bershad The Synagogue in Bershad , Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine , was built at the begin of the 19th century. It is one of the very few synagogues in Ukraine that was neither destroyed during World War II nor closed by the Soviet authorities in the years after the war. It is still used by the small Jewish community of Bershad. It is not to be confused with the magnificent Great Synagogue , which does no longer exist. My Shtetl - Jewish towns of the Ukraine . Jewish Religious community of Zhmerinka .
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Synagogue in Bershad, Ukraine Synagogue in Bershad The Synagogue in Bershad , Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine , was built at the begin of the 19th century. It is one of the very few synagogues in Ukraine that was neither destroyed during World War II nor closed by the Soviet authorities in the years after the war. It is still used by the small Jewish community of Bershad. It is not to be confused with the magnificent Great Synagogue , which does no longer exist. My Shtetl - Jewish towns of the Ukraine . Jewish Religious community of Zhmerinka .
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