The 60,000-member Jewish community of Sao Paulo, Brazil, celebrated the 90th anniversary of its first synagogue. Founded in 1912, the Kehilat Israel congregation is an Orthodox synagogue located in the traditionally Jewish neighborhood of Bom Retiro.
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