1.   Among such historic structures, California said, are the first synagogue in San Diego, the Mormon Trail monument, and a chapel in Yosemite Valley.

2.   Historic Synagogue To Reopen in Brazil What is believed to be the first synagogue in the New World has recently reopened after Portuguese colonists closed it four centuries ago.

3.   Indeed, the first synagogue in America is also in Rhode Island, also thanks to Roger Williams.

4.   The first Baptist Church and the first synagogue in America were built there, Poe said.

5.   The first synagogues are believed to have been built during the Babylonian Exile in the sixth century B.C., when Jews were unable to reach the Jerusalem Temple.