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Stara Synagogue (Łódź)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a "beautiful" synagogue in łódź”. Today it says “former orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue”.
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Stara Synagogue , also known as Alte Szil and ‘’’Alt Stodt Shul’’’ meaning Old Town Synagogue was a "beautiful" synagogue in Łódź , Poland . The name Stara means old, many Polish cities called the oldest synagogue in town the Stara synagogue. The Stara was Łódź's principal Orthodox synagogue. It was built by Orthodox industrial magnates who wished to outshine, or at least compete with, the 1881 Great Synagogue (Łódź) built by the Reformed Jewish community.1
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Then
a "beautiful" synagogue in łódź
Now
former orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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