Members of the Jewish community in Las Vegas, N.M., are trying to purchase Temple Montefiore, the first synagogue in the New Mexico Territory, from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Photo by Jim Weber/The New Mexican By Sarah Nachimson September 07, 2022 The Las Vegas, New Mexico, Jewish community is determined to buy back its synagogue. Itβs an opportunity few saw coming. The Las Vegas Archdiocese has owned the Montefiore Synagogue for some seven decades, and consistently refused to sell it back to the local Jewish community, despite repeated pleas. But a $121.5 million settlement related to a Chapter 11 lawsuit...