The Jewish community in Deventer, Netherlands was evicted from its synagogue yesterday, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (July 31, 2018).
Members of Beth Shoshanna, a Conservative Jewish congregation of about 30 people, packed up and loaded into a van their Torah scroll and other scripture and furniture.
The move followed a legal fight against the building's new owners who plan to turn it into a restaurant. The community has found a new home in the nearby city of Raalte.
"It's a very heavy feeling that this thing can happen in 2018," said Tom Furstenberg, the community's chairman.
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