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Oldest Synagogue In The Americas Joins Brazil Religious Tourism Push

JL;DR SUMMARY The Kahal Zur Israel synagogue in Recife, Brazil, the oldest in the Americas, has joined Brazil's Sacred Recife tourism initiative, making it the first non-Christian religious site included in the program. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryJewish CommunitySynagogueTourismCultural HeritageReligious SitesBrazilRecifeKahal Zur IsraelPernambuco Jewish Federation

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Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
"The Kahal Zur Israel, the oldest synagogue in the Americas, has become the first Jewish site to join a Brazilian governmental tourism project."

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