[dangus]

>> From 516 B.C. until 70 A.D., most Jewish rituals took place at the second Jerusalem Temple <<

So we’re just going to deny the existence of the Hellenic Jews?

[SunkenCiv]

Until the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, there wasn't a big buildout of synagogues, but the Diaspora didn't start then. Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed the First Temple, and before that the Assyrians kicked the ten tribes out onto the frontiers of their empire, which ultimately is how this particular synagogue (as well as Ashkenazi Jews overall) came to be.

[OldGoatCPO]

The statement as written is correct. Hellenistic Jews did not build their own temple in Alexandria or elsewhere. The Temple in Jerusalem was the center of Judaism and Jewish worship until its destruction ins 70 AD. Hellenistic Jew were in constant conflict with traditionalists but they still saw the Temple as the center of the Jewish faith. The majority of religious rituals occurred tin the Temple.