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Fri 01 Jan 2010President praises the role of Belfast Jews
WHEN PRESIDENT Mary McAleese visited the Belfast synagogue yesterday morning, many of the pews of the striking modernist building were empty.
It wasn’t through lack of interest – quite the opposite. Although the Jewish community has played a vital role in the life of the city for many decades, its numbers have dwindled in recent years, and now only 80 people regularly attend the synagogue in north Belfast.
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