Butchers' Synagogue in Zhmerynka, Ukraine | Built ~1900 | Style: "brick style" (Russian Empire) | Community: Ashkenazy | Still currently used as a synagogue | Note: Synagogues in Eastern Europe were often built for members of a particular trade such as the butchers' or tailors' synagogues. Also, Jewish butchers were the first Jewish guild (Jews were not allowed to be a part of the Christian guilds in Europe so had to make their own).













