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Initially, religious services were held in a private house on the Vismarkt, but in 1723 a building on the Levendaal was occupied, which was furnished as a synagogue. In the same year, the statutes of the Jewish community were approved by the city council. The facade of the synagogue on the Levendaal was adapted to the use of the building with the permission of the government almost ten years later. Despite the restrictive provisions and the economic malaise in which Leiden found itself in the second half of the eighteenth century, the number of Jews in the city increased, certainly after the Jews officially obtained equal civil rights in 1796. The explosion of a gunpowder ship in 1807 not only destroyed the archives of the Jewish community, the synagogue was also badly damaged and the Jewish school was completely destroyed. After some provisional restorations, it proved necessary to completely renovate the synagogue building halfway through the nineteenth century. In 1858, the building on the Levendaal was reconsecrated and at the same time a new school building was put into use. Most of Leiden's Jews lived near the synagogue.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a synagogue was established in a rented space on the Varkensmarkt in Oss. Before that, religious services had been held in private homes since 1764. The dilapidated synagogue on the Varkensmarkt was replaced in 1831 by a new building on the Koornstraat . Half a century later, this building was expanded with a school and an official residence and formed the centre of Jewish life in Oss until the Second World War. After the liberation, it became clear that the synagogue could no longer be restored. The front facade has been preserved and is now a municipal monument. This building is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

In 1909, the Central Israelite Lunatic Asylum Het Apeldoornse Bosch was opened. This institution had its own synagogue. In the course of 1942, many Jewish residents of Apeldoorn were deported. In early January 1943, the remaining ones were arrested and transferred to Het Apeldoornsche Bosch. On 23 January 1943, all those who were staying in the institution at that time were deported, together with the children and their carers. Almost without exception, they were killed in Auschwitz and Sobibor.

Former Christian Reformed Church Eben Haëzer, Synagogue since 2003.

Neoclassical synagogue building in courtyard. The building was designed in 1842 as a High German synagogue by architect Roodenburg on behalf of the board of the Ashkenazi Jewish community in The Hague. It was partly financed by King William II. The synagogue was put into use in 1844. The synagogue was located in the middle of the then Jewish quarter of The Hague. After the deportation of the Jews of The Hague in 1942 and 1943, the synagogue stood empty. After the Second World War, the synagogue was restored to its former glory together with two other synagogues. However, the Jewish community had declined sharply in number after the war, from 17,000 to 2,000.

The Synagogue and community centre in Dresden are part of a modernist complex from 2001. The architects of the synagogue are Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. The main material of the building is concrete.

The Targowa Synagogue in Warsaw dates from the 20th century. This brick synagogue is now abandoned.

The Synagogue at Dikuna St. in Shklov is an Ashkenazi synagogue probably built in 17th century. Restored after WWII, this Baroque brick synagogue is now used as an educational institution.

The Synagogue at Gerard Doustraat in Amsterdam is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1891-92 by architect E.M. Rood. This brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The Synagogue at Jacob Obrechtplein in Amsterdam is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1927-28 by architect H. Elte Phzn. This brick building still serves as a synagogue.