2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 1986 Event Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed 1986 Event Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue 1981 Event Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured 1980 Event 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris 1967 Event Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue 1959 Event A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas 1948 Event Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid 1943 Event German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw 1917 Event 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid 1886 Death Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 1867 Event 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated 1836 Event Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem 1763 Event Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing U.S. synagogue) 1730 Event 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City" 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1720 Event Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire 1675 Event Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam 1656 Event Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam 1655 Event Middelburg Netherlands forbids building of synagogue 1250 Event Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue 1099 Event Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire
