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New Synagogue (Shanghai)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ashkenazi synagogue in shanghai”. Today it says “former jewish congregation and synagogue”.
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New Synagogue ( Chinese : 拉都會堂 ) was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue , that was located at 102 rue Tenant de la Tour in the French Concession of Shanghai , China . The synagogue was opened in 1941 to serve the city's then growing Ashkenazi Russian Jewish community, and was closed in 1965 after the departure of most Jews from Shanghai following the Communist victory in China. The building was repurposed as the auditorium of the Shanghai Institute of Education. It was demolished in the 1990s.
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Then
ashkenazi synagogue in shanghai
Now
former jewish congregation and synagogue
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