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Congregation Sharey Tzedek Synagogue
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic jewish synagogue at 833 south 200 east in salt lake city”. Today it says “historic former orthodox jewish synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “United States historic place”. It now reads “Historic building in Utah, United States”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
It was built in 1920 to house Utah's third Jewish congregation, a splinter group from Congregation Montefiore consisting mostly of immigrants from Eastern Europe. The congregation disbanded in the 1930s, and the building was sold to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1948. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.1 National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 1985. and accompanying two photos2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic jewish synagogue at 833 south 200 east in salt lake city”. Today it says “historic former orthodox jewish synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “United States historic place”. It now reads “Historic building in Utah, United States”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
historic jewish synagogue at 833 south 200 east in salt lake city
Now
historic former orthodox jewish synagogue
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