Centro Israelita de República Dominicana
Synagogue in the Dominican Republic
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The Centro Israelita de República Dominicana is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.
| Centro Israelita de República Dominicana | |
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The synagogue interior, in 2008 | |
  Location of the synagogue in the Dominican Republic | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Rite | Sephardi |
| Synagogue | |
| Leadership | Lay-led |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Avenida Sarasota 21, Santo Domingo |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Administration | Comunidad Israelita República Dominicana |
| Coordinates | 18°27′35″N 69°55′51″W |
| Architecture | |
| Established | c. 1930s (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1957 |
| Website | |
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The Chabad Lubavitch movement was established in the Dominican Republic in 2008, and the congregation has grown and developed since then.[1] There is no permanent rabbi in the Dominican Republic, with the congregations in Santo Domingo and Sosúa supported by visiting rabbis, predominately form Miami and Colombia.[2]
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