The Galitska Synagogue is a synagogue in
Kyiv,
Ukraine. It is under the Leadership of the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rabbi Yakkov Bleich.
History
The
Aesopian synagogue was built in 1909 in a
Moorish Revival style. The facade is neo-
romanticist, with
neo-Byzantine elements. The building was devastated during the World War II by
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 ...
. For the next fifty years it was used as a workers' canteen of the "Transsignal" electrotechnical plant. It was renovated in 2001 and is active today.
Gallery
Image:Galickaja synagoga-stolovaja.jpg, Façade of the building in 1990s when it served as a workers' canteen
Image:Galickaja sinagoga-zal.JPG, Prayer hall
See also
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History of the Jews in Kyiv The history of the Jews in Kyiv stretches from the 10th century CE to the 21st century, and forms part of the history of the Jews in Ukraine.
Middle Ages and Renaissance
The first mention of Jews in Kyiv is found in the 10th century ''Kievian Let ...
External links
* http://www.europeanjewishfund.org/index.php?/member_communities/ukraine/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071201041820/http://www.judaica.kiev.ua/eng/programs-Eng-06/Commun.htm#01
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110610130334/http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/Wkly060811.pdf
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071024212057/http://www.vaadua.org/ReportsEngl/2004engl.htm
Synagogues completed in 1909
Jewish organizations established in 1909
Synagogues in Kyiv
Aesopian synagogues
Moorish Revival architecture in Ukraine
Moorish Revival synagogues
Orthodox synagogues in Ukraine
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