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The Hurva Synagogue, (Hebrew: ‎ בית הכנסת החורבה, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid, (trans. Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious) located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was for centuries the site of Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue. In 1864, a new synagogue officially consecrated Beis Yaakov Synagogue was erected at the same site by the Perushim community. It was later reduced to rubble during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. After Israel captured the Old City in 1967, a number of plans were submitted for the design of a new building. After years of deliberation, a commemorative arch was erected at site in 1977, itself becoming a prominent landmark of the Jewish Quarter. The plan to rebuild the synagogue in its original style recei

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  • The Hurva Synagogue, (Hebrew: ‎ בית הכנסת החורבה, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid, (trans. Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious) located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was for centuries the site of Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue. In 1864, a new synagogue officially consecrated Beis Yaakov Synagogue was erected at the same site by the Perushim community. It was later reduced to rubble during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. After Israel captured the Old City in 1967, a number of plans were submitted for the design of a new building. After years of deliberation, a commemorative arch was erected at site in 1977, itself becoming a prominent landmark of the Jewish Quarter. The plan to rebuild the synagogue in its original style recei
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  • A pre-1948 photograph
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  • 438.0
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  • Hurva Synagogue
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  • The Hurva Synagogue, (Hebrew: ‎ בית הכנסת החורבה, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid, (trans. Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious) located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was for centuries the site of Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue. In 1864, a new synagogue officially consecrated Beis Yaakov Synagogue was erected at the same site by the Perushim community. It was later reduced to rubble during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. After Israel captured the Old City in 1967, a number of plans were submitted for the design of a new building. After years of deliberation, a commemorative arch was erected at site in 1977, itself becoming a prominent landmark of the Jewish Quarter. The plan to rebuild the synagogue in its original style received approval by the Israeli Government in 2000. It was due to be completed during 2009.
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