<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishJumba hilo la kusanyiko lilikuwa kituo cha ibada ya Ashkenazi hadi mapigano ya mwaka 1948, wakati jengo hilo lilipoharibiwa na mahali hapo pakakuwa magofu tena.  <response>: The synagogue was the center of Ashkenazi worship until the fighting in 1948, when the building was destroyed and the site became a ruin once more. 