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The Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Museum

Bridgetown, Italy

The Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Museum

The Nidḥe Israel Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת נדחי ישראל, romanized: Bet Knesset Nidḥe Yisrael, lit. 'Synagogue of the Scattered of Israel') is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Synagogue Lane in Bridgetown, Barbados. It is the only synagogue in Barbados, and is bordered b

y the wider Magazine Lane, James, Coleridge and Pinfold streets, it is a part of the Synagogue Historic District. In 2011 the synagogue and excavated mikveh were designated as UNESCO protected properties within the World Heritage Site of Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison area. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the Western hemisphere and a Barbados National Trust property.

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