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Manchester Federation synagogue opens

May 21, 2010 11:42

ByJonathan Kalmus, Jonathan Kalmus

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The official opening of the first Federation synagogue outside of the London area attracted a crowd of 600 in Salford on Sunday.

Completed in two years, the £1.3 million Ohr Yerushalayim shul was completed with the help of a £500,000 investment from the Federation of Synagogues.

The shul, whose ark and banqueting suite are finished with Jerusalem stone, has a thriving congregation ranging from modern Orthodox to Charedi.

Federation president Alan Finlay said the sale of under-used synagogues had helped to fund the Manchester congregation, in line with the Federation's ethos. "The membership has a wide spectrum so we are happy about that."