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Congregation Montefiore Synagogue

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic synagogue in downtown salt lake city”. Today it says “historic former synagogue”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Congregation Montefiore Synagogue is an historic former synagogue , now church , located at 355 South 300 East, in downtown Salt Lake City , Utah , in the United States. The synagogue was built in 1903 for the local congregation of Jews who followed Conservative Judaism . In the 1970s, the congregation merged with Congregation B'nai Israel to form Congregation Kol Ami and the building was sold. Initially used as a church by the Assemblies of God , currently the former synagogue houses the Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic synagogue in downtown salt lake city”. Today it says “historic former synagogue”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

historic synagogue in downtown salt lake city

Now

historic former synagogue

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