BBC NEWS World Europe Europe synagogue to be dedicatedGreat Synagogues were established across Europe in the 19th Century
The main synagogue in Brussels has been re-dedicated as the Great Synagogue of Europe, in a sign of EU-Jewish unity.
The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, joined chief rabbis from across Europe for the ceremony in Belgium's capital.
Correspondents say it is a symbolic move, but the organisers hope the synagogue will become the focus for pan-European Jewish events.
The synagogue is a Romanesque building dating from 1878 on Rue de la Regence.
The dedication ceremony to mark the creation of a Great Synagogue of Europe was a traditional one - but the event was more political than theological, the BBC's Dominic Hughes reports.
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