The Hague Municipal Council has formally agreed to buy the more than century-old former main Ashkenazi synagogue in the Wagenstreet area, once the center of the Jewish quarter. It also agreed to remove the building from the list of historically protected monuments so that it can be demolished. The Hague Ashkenazi congregation, which wanted to sell the synagogue, had requested the removal from the list of protected monuments so that the synagogue could be sold. The Hague Ashkenazi congregation, three years ago moved to a new building, the Erstwhile Protestant Church in Bezuidenhout.
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