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Plovdiv Synagogue

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue in the city of plovdiv located in bulgaria”. Today it says “romaniote jewish congregation and synagogue”.
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Plovdiv, Bulgaria The Plovdiv Synagogue , officially the Zion Plovdiv Synagogue ( Bulgarian : Паметник за спасение на пловдивските евреи Шофар , lit. ' Shofar for the salvation of Plovdiv Jews ' ), is a Romaniote Jewish congregation and synagogue , located in the city of Plovdiv , Bulgaria . Built in 1892, the synagogue is one of the two active remaining synagogues in Bulgaria. The congregation worships in the Sephardi rite .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue in the city of plovdiv located in bulgaria”. Today it says “romaniote jewish congregation and synagogue”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

synagogue in the city of plovdiv located in bulgaria

Now

romaniote jewish congregation and synagogue

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