Observed arrival · 2026-09-22
The Synagogue Project Wants Lost Buildings Back in the Record—and Perhaps in Israel
An archive of architecturally and historically significant synagogues destroyed across Europe, paired with a proposal to reconstruct selected buildings in Israel.
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- Jewish history researchers and cultural preservation readers
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- The catalogue spans sites from Kaifeng, China, to Łódź, Poland, while several entries remain marked “IMAGE RESEARCH PENDING.”
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The catalogue records individual buildings through location, construction date, destruction date, and links to longer entries. Its geographic range includes European sites as well as the Kaifeng Synagogue in China, built in 1163 and destroyed around the mid-nineteenth century. The homepage also labels several records “IMAGE RESEARCH PENDING,” indicating that the archive remains an active work in progress. The project’s stated next step is to explore faithful reconstruction for selected Jewish communities in Israel.
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