We visited two synagogues in Bournemouth and took some pictures - more information about these will follow. Can you see the differences and similarities between Orthodox and Reform?
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| Entrance, showing Magen David (Star of David) | Worship area showing the front of the synagogue | Ark containing Sefer Torah scrolls | Reading desk on the Bimah at the front of the synagogue | Scroll open on the lectern |
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| Ner Tamid and the Ten Commandments (above the Ark) | An old Sephardic scroll (showing a link with history and Jews in another place) | Even the lights had the Star of David design | The shofar being blown (an awesome sound!) | The shofar on tis own. |
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| Worship area showing the front of the synagogue | The Ark | Bimah (reading desk) in the centre of the synagogue | Lectern at the front of the synagogue | |
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| Ladies gallery | Seats downstairs for men only! | A memorial to the Holocaust | Menorah (with how many branches??) | |