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Yeshurun Central Synagogue

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Status
  
Active

Opened
  
1912

Completed
  
1912

Affiliation
  
Orthodox Judaism

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Location
  
Biluim Street Gedera, Israel

The Yeshurun Central Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת המרכזי ישורון‎‎) was the first synagogue to be built in Gedera, Israel during the time of the Biluim, forerunners of the kibbutz movement 1882 from the Russian Empire. Before the synagogue was built, the first settlers used a shack as a synagogue. The synagogue was built on the same exact spot.

Yeshurun or Jeshurun is a poetic name for Israel (Deut. 32:15;), the Land of Israel (Deut. 33:5;), or the Patriarch Jacob (Genesis 32:29)

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Yeshurun Central Synagogue Wikipedia


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