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[[Image:CongregationAhavathChesed.jpg|thumb|Congregation Ahavath Chesed]]
[[File:Synagogue ISTANBUL JEWISH.jpg|thumb|A synagogue in Istanbul, [[Turkey]].]]
A '''synagogue''' is a [[house of worship]] in the [[Jewish]] religion. The Jewish [[Sabbath]] is on Saturday, but observant [[Jews]] worship every day and many synagogues hold services every morning and evening. Synagogues often serve as a community center and have schools for [[Religion|religious]] and general instruction.
A '''Synagogue''' is a [[house of worship]] in the [[Jewish]] religion. The Jewish [[Sabbath]] is on Saturday, but observant [[Jews]] worship every day and many synagogues hold services every morning and evening. Synagogues often serve as a community center and have schools for [[Religion|religious]] and general instruction.
The layout of a synagogue is somewhat similar to a [[church]]. There are rows of seats for the congregation and a raised area in the front from which services are typically led (some synagogues have the podium in the middle of the congregation). In the front there is an ark contains handwritten scrolls of the [[Torah]], the first five books of the [[Bible]]. The scrolls are taken out and read from aloud during morning services on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday and on Jewish holidays.
The layout of a synagogue is somewhat similar to a [[church]]. There are rows of seats for the congregation and a raised area in the front from which services are typically led (some synagogues have the podium in the middle of the congregation). In the front there is an ark contains handwritten scrolls of the [[Torah]], the first five books of the [[Bible]]. The scrolls are taken out and read from aloud during morning services on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday and on Jewish holidays.
==Synagogues in the United States==
==Synagogues in the United States==
[[Image:CongregationAhavathChesed.jpg|thumb|Congregation Ahavath Chesed, Fl.]]
The first U.S. synagogue was build in in 1730 in the colony of [[New York]]. The oldest synagogue still existing in the U.S.. is the Touro Synagogue is a synagogue in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] that opened in 1763.
The first U.S. synagogue was build in in 1730 in the colony of [[New York]]. The oldest synagogue still existing in the U.S.. is the Touro Synagogue is a synagogue in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] that opened in 1763.