Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Beth Sadeh Synagogue

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Query: Is the interior of Beth Sadeh an exact copy of Nidhe Israel in Barbados? In consideration of this question are submitted the following links:

Link #1: http://www.jewishjournal.com/images/photos/trv_barbados_051807.jpg

This shows the facade of Nidhe Israel, in which it is clear that the windows of the second story are five in number, with the outer four being tall and pointed, and the middle being small and circular. By contrast, the windows of the ground floor are four in number and rectangular.

Link #2: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/caribbean/BarbadosNidheIsrael2.jpg

This shows the interior of Nidhe Israel, in which the same five upper windows and four lower windows are to be seen from the inside. Additionally, several other distinct features can be ascertained, including: a carved wooden Aron sporting a stylized Ngaseret Hadibrot in imitation of those to be found in the Esnoga and Bevis Marks, a Teba with three steps leading up to it and a curved banister with thin spindles; a checkered marble floor, and a narrow Ngezrat Nashim.

Link #3: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Beth_Sadeh_Sanctuary.jpg

This is the image that purports to be the interior of Beth Sadeh. Note the same windows as Nidhe Israel, the same carved wooden Aron with the same Ngaseret Hadibrot, the same Teba with 3 steps and the same curved banner; the same checkered marble floor, and the same narrow Ngezrat Nashim.

Unless Beth Sadeh is a slavishly exact copy of Nidhe Israel, the photograph on Wikipedia of Beth Sadeh must be incorrect.

Al fasi (talk) 03:34, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. It is incorrect. I think this is a hoax article. There isn't anything about this "synagogue" on the internet apart from Wikipedia sites and those that pull from wikipedia. Several users and IPs have been involved in this. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 04:40, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax

This is another article related to several others that are hoaxes or have been tagged as possible hoaxes. It is not cited. Picture has been copied from another website and is not of anything in NC. See my talk page for list of related articles that I believe are complete hoaxes. Unfortunately, some people (mainly IPs, but sometimes others) use these to add bad info to true articles. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 06:24, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've requested deletion of the image file used in the article; see commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Beth Sadeh Sanctuary.jpg. --Lambiam 13:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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