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Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic synagogue in monticello”. Today it says “historic former jewish synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “United States historic place”. It now reads “Former synagogue in Sullivan County, New York, US”.
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The congregation was founded in 1951 and the synagogue building was completed in 1952; believed to stand on the foundation of a synagogue built in 1933 and destroyed by fire. It is a small, two story brick building, three bays wide and three bays deep, with a concrete foundation and gable roof. The synagogue closed in c. 1974 . The former synagogue building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. National Register of Historic Places .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic synagogue in monticello”. Today it says “historic former jewish synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “United States historic place”. It now reads “Former synagogue in Sullivan County, New York, US”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

historic synagogue in monticello

Now

historic former jewish synagogue

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