A wooden synagogue in Latvia with its interior furnishings intact is among Jewish heritage sites that received funding for improvements. The Green Synagogue in Rezekne, built in 1845, is one of 10 synagogues in nine countries to receive funding totaling $188,600 this year from the World Monuments Fund and the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation.
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