I always found it interesting how synagogues and mosques looks so similar
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Anonymous#13d
Really? Most synagogues I’ve seen have never looked anything like this.
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Anonymous#23d
Huh? A lot of old synagogues have dome tops
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Anonymous#13d
Most reform synagogues do because they try to emulate other religions
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Anonymous#13d
I guess most the ones I’ve been to don’t idk. Maybe it’s a location thing or smth lol
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Anonymous#33d
…. What. My moms conservative synagogue had domes. Hurva Synagogue in old city Jerusalem is an orthodox synagogue with domes. Yall just making shit up now
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Anonymous#13d
I was gonna say that I doubt they chose to copy another religion 😂
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Anonymous#23d
Right like deadass what is bro saying 😭😭😭😭
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Anonymous#13d
I was like if anything Christianity and Islam came from Judaism so they copied us 😂
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Anonymous#12d
Conservative followed after the reform movement, yes
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Anonymous#22d
Reform and conservative shuls explicitly tried to look like other houses of worship, because they thought it would increase the acceptance of Judaism in
mainstream society. It did not work
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Anonymous#42d
Okay so what about Hurva synagogue, Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue, Mikro Kodesh Synagogue, Eldridge Street Synagogue, and many many other orthodox synagogues with domes
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Anonymous#32d
Okay so you just completely glossed over the orthodox part but ight
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Anonymous#12d
This is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue that serves Kazakhstan and uses traditional Turkic architectural elements
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AnonymousOP2d
Yes and there are many other orthodox synagogues in the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas that have similar styles
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AnonymousOP2d
Jews have been living in Central Asia for thousands of years