Michael Rodrigues takes up cause of restoring Azorean Jewish heritage
Catholic politician helped restoration of abandoned synagogue
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PICTURES OF THE old synagogue show a decrepit building with peeling paint, broken furniture, and rotting wood. Prayer books were ripped. There were water leaks, vermin, and structural damage. It looked like what it was – a house of worship abandoned for more than 40 years, built to serve a community that no longer existed. (...)