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New Synagogue (other)
New Synagogue may refer to: China * New Synagogue (Harbin) * New Synagogue (Shanghai) France * New Synagogue (Strasbourg) Germany * New Synagogue (Berlin) * New Synagogue (Darmstadt) * New Synagogue (Dresden) * New Synagogue (Düsseldorf) * New Synagogue (Mainz) Poland * New Synagogue (Gliwice) * New Synagogue (Opole) * New Synagogue (Ostrów Wielkopolski) * New Synagogue (Przemyśl) * New Synagogue (Tarnów) * New Synagogue (Wrocław) Slovakia * New Orthodox Synagogue (Košice) * New Synagogue (Žilina) United Kingdom * New Synagogue (Leeds) * New West End Synagogue, London See also * Great Synagogue (other) * Old New Synagogue The Old New Synagogue ( cs, Staronová synagoga; german: link=no, Altneu-Synagoge), also called the Altneuschul, situated in Josefov, Prague, is Europe's oldest active synagogue. It is also the oldest surviving medieval synagogue of twin-nave d ... in Prague, Czech Republic * Old Synagogue (other) {{synagogu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Harbin)
Harbin Museum of Jewish History and Culture () is a museum commemorating the Jewish diaspora in Harbin, China from early 1900s to 1950s. It is located at the former site of the New Synagogue of Harbin (). The museum features documents, photographs, films, and personal items documenting the lives of some of the more than 20,000 Jewish residents in Harbin. Exhibitions The first floor of the museum shows photographs, paintings of several buildings in Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ... constructed by Jews in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibitions on the second and third floors present education, industry, art and music of Jews in Harbin. Architecture Built in 1918 as Harbin New Synagogue after Harbin General Synagogue, which is now the Harbin Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Przemyśl)
The Przemyśl New Synagogue, also known as the Scheinbach Synagogue, was an Orthodox synagogue in Przemyśl, Poland. Since World War II, the synagogue, which is still standing, has been used as the Ignacy Krasicki Przemyśl Public Library. History and architecture Construction on the began in 1910 and was completed in 1918 after delays caused by the First World War. The spacious, high-ceilinged building survives, although Communist-period renovations stripped so much of the exterior detail that it presents an appearance in marked contrast to the building shown in old photographs. The synagogue is a free-standing building in a blend of Rundbogenstil and Classical styles with eclectic decoration. It was designed by architect Stanisław Majerski. The elaborate interior decoration once featured Biblical scenes and scenes of Eretz Israel painted on the walls and ceiling. In its incarnation as a public library, the building has a sedate and functional interior with bookshelves and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (other)
Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to; * Belz Great Synagogue, in Jerusalem, the second-largest synagogue in the world * Dohány Street Synagogue the Great Synagogue (''Nagy Zsinagóga'') of Budapest, Europe's largest and the world's fourth largest synagogue. * Great City Synagogue (Lviv), Ukraine * Great Synagogue of Europe, built Brussels in 1878, dedicated as the Synagogue of Europe in 2008 * Great Synagogue (Białystok), destroyed in 1941 * Great Synagogue (Bila Tserkva) * Great Synagogue (Constanța) * Great Synagogue (Copenhagen) * Great Synagogue (Danzig), destroyed in 1939 * Great Synagogue (Deventer) * Great Synagogue (Florence) * Great Synagogue (Gibraltar), oldest synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula * Great Synagogue (Grodno) * Great Synagogue (Iaşi) * Great Synagogue (Jasło), destroyed during World War lI * Great Synagogue (Jerusalem) * Great Synagogue (Katowice), destroyed in 1939 * Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) * Great Synagogue (Łódź), destroy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New West End Synagogue
The ‘’’New West End Synagogue’’’, located in St. Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London, is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom still in use. It is one of two synagogues which have been awarded Grade I listed building status by Historic England, which has described it as “the architectural high-water mark of Anglo-Jewish architecture”. It can accommodate approximately 800 people. History Designed by George Audsley of Scotland in collaboration with Nathan S. Joseph, its foundation stone was laid on 7 June 1877 by Leopold de Rothschild in the presence of the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler, and the building was formally opened on 30 March 1879. Chaim Weizmann, the first president of the State of Israel, and Herbert Samuel, the British High Commissioner for Palestine during the British Mandate, were both members of the synagogue. Their seats are marked with plaques. The synagogue’s first rabbi was Simeon Singer, who translated and edited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Leeds)
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New Synagogue may refer to: China * New Synagogue (Harbin) * New Synagogue (Shanghai) France * New Synagogue (Strasbourg) Germany * New Synagogue (Berlin) * New Synagogue (Darmstadt) * New Synagogue (Dresden) * New Synagogue (Düsseldorf) * New Synagogue (Mainz) Poland * New Synagogue (Gliwice) * New Synagogue (Opole) * New Synagogue (Ostrów Wielkopolski) * New Synagogue (Przemyśl) * New Synagogue (Tarnów) * New Synagogue (Wrocław) Slovakia * New Orthodox Synagogue (Košice) * New Synagogue (Žilina) United Kingdom * New Synagogue (Leeds) * New West End Synagogue, London See also * Great Synagogue (other) * Old New Synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic * Old Synagogue (other) Old Synagogue (also ''Alte Synagoge'' (de), ''Alta Shul'' (yi), ''Synagoga Stara'' (pl)) can refer to: * Old Synagogue (Aachen), Germany * Old Synagogue (Berlin), Germany * Old Synagogue (Canterbury), England * Old Synagogue (Dortmund), Germany * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Žilina)
The New Synagogue ( Slovak: Nová Synagóga) of Žilina, Slovakia, was constructed between 1928 and 1931 to the designs of the German modernist architect Peter Behrens. It is sometimes referred to as the Neological or Neolog Synagogue (Slovak: Neologická synagóga or Synagóga Neológov), as it housed the Neolog (Reform Judaism) congregation of the town. Completed eight years before World War II, which almost obliterated the Jewish population of Slovakia, it has been called "the last Slovak synagogue". Having been used for other purposes after WW2, it was restored 2011-17 to become an arts centre. History The town of Žilina had been resistant to Jewish settlers and by the middle of the nineteenth century, only two Jewish families lived there. An early synagogue of c. 1860 was replaced by a new one in 1880. The Jewish community in Žilina continued to grow, reaching about 3,000 in the early 1930s. During the 1920s an international competition was launched for a modern synagogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orthodox Synagogue (Košice)
The New Orthodox Synagogue, Košice ( sk, Nová ortodoxná synagóga v Košiciach) was built in the years 1926–1927 at Puškinova Street near the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It superseded the older Orthodox Synagogue in Zvonárska Street, constructed in 1899 to the design of János Balogh. The building The synagogue was designed by the Budapest-educated architect . The facade uses both neo-classical and local traditional motifs; and example of the latter is the attic storey in a style often found in renaissance buildings of Eastern Slovakia. The interior, largely constructed in concrete, is in the modernist with a domed central hall and a women's gallery with a metal mechitzah. The central bimah faces a Torah ark made of red marble. A school was built adjoining the synagogue and a mikveh (ritual bath) was planned but not constructed.Borsky (207), 123 Holocaust memorial plate Transports of Jews from Kosice to Nazi camps were carried out during World War II. A bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Wrocław)
The New Synagogue was the largest synagogue in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). It was one of the largest synagogues in the German Empire and a centre of Reform Judaism in Breslau. It was built in 1865–1872, and designed by Edwin Oppler. It was burnt down during the Kristallnacht pogrom which swept across Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. History Manuel Joël, who had become the rabbi for the Reform Jewish community in 1863, was the first rabbi to head the community in the new building. He died in 1890, and was followed by Jakob Guttmann (rabbi), Jacob Guttman, who served until his death in 1919. Dr. :de:Hermann Vogelstein, Hermann Vogelstein became the rabbi in 1920. On November 4, 1938, there was a farewell service for him, and a welcome service for Dr. :de:Reinhold Lewin, Reinhold Lewin, who would be the last rabbi. References External links New Synagogue in Breslau: A Digital Reconstructionat Hochschule Mainz University of Applied Sciences The Walls of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Tarnów)
New Synagogue () was the largest synagogue in Tarnów, Poland. It was built from 1865 to 1908, with the long period of construction due to lack of funds. The synagogue was set on fire by the Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ... in November 1939. The fire lasted three days but the building did not collapse; it was blown up instead. References Former synagogues in Poland Synagogues destroyed by Nazi Germany Buildings and structures in Tarnów Holocaust locations in Poland {{Poland-synagogue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Ostrów Wielkopolski)
The New Synagogue in Ostrów Wielkopolski , Poland, is located in the city's center on 21 Raszkowska Street, which was the northern edge of the former Jewish district. Currently, this is the only preserved metropolitan synagogue. It is built in the once very popular Moorish Revival style. It is the most precious monument of religious architecture in Ostrów Wielkopolski. Long neglected, the synagogue has been fully restored in 2010. See the municipal website for update Jewish community in Ostrów In the early eighteenth century with the initiative of Jan Jerzy Przebendowski the first large group of Jewish craftsmen from Germany arrived in Ostrów. Ostrów's Jewish community was founded in 1724 and was a subject to the Jewish community in Kalisz. In the mid-nineteenth century the Jewish community had grown rapidly with the support of successive owners of the town. It numbered more than 1,600 people, represented approximately 25% of the total population of 7,000. Unfortunately, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Shanghai)
The New Synagogue was an Ashkenazi synagogue in Shanghai, China, opened in 1941 to serve the city's then growing Russian Jewish community. It was located on rue Tenant de la Tour in the Shanghai French Concession. The synagogue was closed in 1965 after the departure of most Jews from Shanghai following the Communist victory in China, and was repurposed as the auditorium of the Shanghai Institute of Education. It was demolished in the 1990s. History The New Synagogue was built by the Russian Jewish community of Shanghai. During the 1930s, the number of Russian Jews in the city increased to more than 4,000, exceeding the capacity of the existing Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Hongkew. After years of fundraising and construction under the leadership of Rabbi Ashkenazi, the synagogue was opened just in time for Passover in 1941. Ashkenazi served as its rabbi, and the Shanghai Ashkenazi Jewish Communal Association (SAJCA) also moved to the New Synagogue. It was located at 102 rue Tenant de l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Synagogue (Opole)
New Synagogue was a synagogue in Oppeln, Germany (today Opole, Poland). It was built in 1893–1897, designed by Felix Henry. During the Kristallnacht on 9–10 November 1938 Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ... forced Rabbi Hans Hirschberg to set the building on fire. References Buildings and structures in Opole Former Reform synagogues in Poland Synagogues destroyed during Kristallnacht (Germany) Religion in Opole {{Poland-synagogue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
