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leroibobo · 9 months ago

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inside the tykocin synagogue in tykocin, poland, built in 1642. jews first arrived to tykocin almost a century earlier and turned it into a famous jewish intellectual center. after being desecrated during the holocaust, it was restored in the 1970s.

#poland #interior #worship #jewish #ashkenazi #my posts #the outside is nothing to write home about #ashkenazi synagogues in europe are usually ''plainer'' outside. even in places with more tolerance they had to make the outside inconspicuo #which is why the worms synagogue looks the way it does for example #they only really started getting Creative on the outside during the 19th century (jewish emancipation)#insane how much ashkenazi cultural heritage is ''everyone hated them which is why this is the way it is''#which makes the present circumstances even stranger

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