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Greenbank Drive Synagogue

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “grade ii* listed building located in liverpool”. Today it says “former orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue that was located on greenbank drive”.
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Greenbank Drive Synagogue , officially the Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation , is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue that was located on Greenbank Drive, in the Sefton Park area of Liverpool , England. The congregation, formed through a merger of two congregations that date from 1838, worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite . The former synagogue building was completed in 1937 and was Grade II* listed in 1983. The building has been described as the most important 20th-century synagogue in England in terms of architecture, as well as the finest surviving architectural example of a synagogue from the interwar period . Jewish Communities and Records - UK . National Heritage List for England .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “grade ii* listed building located in liverpool”. Today it says “former orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue that was located on greenbank drive”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

grade ii* listed building located in liverpool

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former orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue that was located on greenbank drive

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