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Renaissance synagogues being restored in Venice's ghetto

Venice's Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have remained and tourists who pass through.

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"I was really deeply offended by the state of the synagogues," said Landau, a Renaissance specialist who bought a home in Venice 12 years ago. "I felt that the synagogues were in very bad condition. They had been altered beyond recognition over the centuries, and needed to be kind of cared for and loved."