This was the synagogue whose Geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts brought to Cambridge, England at the instigation of Solomon Schechter.
This was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts. The collection, known as the Cairo Geniza, was brought to Cambridge, England at the instigation of Solomon Schechter.