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LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE.

(From the Hobart Town Advertiser, August 11.)
THE first stone of the Synagogue, about to be erected in Argyle-street, in this City, for the worship of Jehovah by the descendants of the people of Israel, was laid on Wednesday. The event attracted a large attendance of citizens, including nearly every Jew resident in this part of the colony. At two o'clock, the appointed hour, the Committee of Management assembled at the residence of Judah Solomon, Esq., and soon after proceeded to the ground, headed by Louis Nathan, Esq., President, and attended by Phineas Moss, Esq., Secretary, Samuel Moses, Esq., D. R. Furtado, Esq., Mr. D. Moses, James Thompson, Esq., Architect, and other gentlemen, with plans of the intended building, a silver trowel, a square, plumb, mallet, &c, to be used in the ceremony, and a sealed bottle, in which was inclosed a record, on parchment, in the Hebrew language, with an English translation, also the names of the subscribers to the fund, and other particulars of the building.

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As I said in my first post, I've wondered for a while if this building was in use. It doesn't look like a building in use and the local Jewish community has a Chabad House elsewhere in the city that they sue, but it also doesn't look like a neglected building. Except for the unrepaired windows there.

So I got to find out.


I still haven't taken a better photo of the outside. This might be because of the constant rain in recent times, which has made me reluctant to take camera with me. It's a bit big to go into my pocket.

You will notice a lack of doors.

( Door is along here )