Great Synagogue

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It's worth making time to see the handsome Great Synagogue consecrated in 1905 and still in very active use. Volunteer guides will point out aspects of the neo-Egyptian style building including the symbolic stained glass windows, and pulpit carved by Anton Anreith.

The synagogue is in the same compound at the South African Jewish Museum.

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