Tajikistan - Demolishing Synagogue

Tajikistan - Authorities have begun demolishing the country's only synagogue to make way for a new presidential residence.
The century-old synagogue on government land in the ex-Soviet republic's capital Dushanbe will be completely torn down by June.
Last month, the city finished demolishing the synagogue's ritual bathhouse, classroom's and kosher butchery.
Tajikistan's Jewish community is mostly elderly and poor and cannot afford to build a new synagogue. About 280 Jews live in Dushanbe, of about 480 across the country.