Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to; *

Belz Great Synagogue The Belz Great Synagogue ( he, בעלזא בית המדרש הגדול, ''Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol'') is one of the largest synagogues in Israel. It was built by the Belz Hasidic community with financial help from its supporters and admirers a ...

, in Jerusalem, the second-largest synagogue in the world *

Dohány Street Synagogue The Dohány Street Synagogue ( hu, Dohány utcai zsinagóga / nagy zsinagóga; he, בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט, ''Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht''), also known as the ''Great Synagogue'' or ''Tabakgasse Synagogue'', ...

the Great Synagogue (''Nagy Zsinagóga'') of Budapest, Europe's largest and the world's fourth largest synagogue. *

Great City Synagogue (Lviv) The Great City Synagogue ( uk, Велика міська синагога, pl, Wielka Synagoga Miejska we Lwowie) was a synagogue in the city of Lviv (Polish: ''Lwów'', German: ''Lemberg'') in what is now Ukraine. It was situated in the form ...

, Ukraine *

Great Synagogue of Europe The Great Synagogue of Europe, formerly known as the Great Synagogue of Brussels (french: Grande synagogue de Bruxelles; nl, Grote Synagoge van Brussel), is the main synagogue in Brussels, Belgium which was dedicated as a focal point for 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) The Great Synagogue is the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Copenhagen, Denmark. The synagogue is defined by its unique architecture around the Ark. During the first half of the 19th century, synagogues continued to be built in the class ...

Great Synagogue (Danzig) The Great Synagogue (german: Neue Synagoge, pl, Wielka Synagoga), was a synagogue of the Jewish Community of Danzig in the city of Danzig, Germany (later Free City of Danzig, now Gdańsk, Poland). It was built in 1885–1887 on Reitbahnstra� ...

, destroyed in 1939 *

Great Synagogue (Deventer) The Great Synagogue of Deventer ( nl, Grote Synagoge van Deventer) is a synagogue in Deventer, Netherlands. History 19th century This temple was built in 1892 by J.A. Mulock Houwer. It is a Neo-Renaissance building with Moorish The term ...

* Great Synagogue (Florence) *

Great Synagogue (Gibraltar) The Great Synagogue of Gibraltar, also known as Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar HaShamayim (), is located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, and was the first synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula to operate since the expulsions from Spain and Port ...

, oldest synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula *

Great Synagogue (Grodno) The Great Synagogue of Grodno, ( be, Харальная сінагога, Горадня, russian: Большая Хоральная синагога, Гродно) located in Grodno, Belarus, dates from the 16th century and is a 2007 candidate ...

* Great Synagogue (Iaşi) * Great Synagogue (Jasło), destroyed during World War lI *

Great Synagogue (Jerusalem) The Great Synagogue of Jerusalem, ( he, בֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶת הַגָּדוֹל בּיְרוּשָׁלַיִם), is located at 56 King George Street, Jerusalem. Rabbi Zalman Druck was the spiritual leader from the synagogue's establi ...

Great Synagogue (Katowice) Great Synagogue was the largest synagogue in the city of Katowice (Kattowitz), in southwestern Poland. It was erected in 1900 in what was then the German Empire, and was designed by Max Grünfeld. The synagogue was set on fire by the Nazis in ...

, destroyed in 1939 *

Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) The Great Choral Synagogue of Kyiv, also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is situated in Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, and is under the leadership of Rabbi Bleich. ...

* Great Synagogue (Łódź), destroyed in 1939 * Great Synagogue (Łomża), destroyed during World War II *

Great Synagogue of London The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. Built north of Aldgate in the 17th century, it was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz. History The earliest Ashkenazi synagog ...

, destroyed by aerial bombing in the London Blitz in 1941 *

Great Synagogue (Oran) The Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque ( ar, مسجد عبد الله بن سلام) is a mosque in Oran, Algeria. Formerly the Great Synagogue of Oran (french: Grande synagogue d'Oran), it was the largest synagogue in Africa. Also known as ''Temple Isr ...

, converted into a mosque in 1975 *

Great Synagogue (Oświęcim) The Great Synagogue in Oświęcim was, until World War II, the largest synagogue in Oświęcim, Poland. It was destroyed in November 1939. History Old synagogue The first mention of the synagogue in Oświęcim dates back to 1588. It was pro ...

, destroyed in 1939 *

Great Synagogue (Petah Tikva) The Great Synagogue of Petah Tikva, ( he, בית הכנסת הגדול בפתח תקוה), is the city's central synagogue and located on Hovevei Zion Street, in the centre of Petah Tikva, Israel. The building was designed by Daniel HaCohen Lifsh ...

Great Synagogue (Plzeň) The Great Synagogue ( cs, Velká synagoga) in Plzeň, Czech Republic is the second largest synagogue in Europe.Jewish Heritage Report, Vol. I, Nos. 3-4 / Winter 1997-98, Pilsen Synagogue, Synagogue Rededicated in Pilsen, Czech Republic by Richard ...

, the world's fourth largest synagogue *

Great Synagogue (Piotrków Trybunalski) The Great Synagogue in Piotrków Trybunalski, ( pl, Wielka Synagoga w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim), was built between 1791-1793 and designed by David Friedlander. The synagogue was devastated by Nazis during World War II. After the war, the building ...

Great Synagogue (Rome) The Great Synagogue of Rome ( it, Tempio Maggiore di Roma) is the largest synagogue in Rome. History The Jewish community of Rome goes back to the 2nd century B.C when the Roman Republic had an alliance of sorts with Judea under the leadership o ...

, the largest synagogue in Rome *

Great Synagogue of Stockholm The Great Synagogue of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms stora synagoga, he, בית הכנסת הגדול של שטוקהולם ''Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Stokholm'') is located on a small street called Wahrendorffsgatan, close to the park Kungstr ...

Great Synagogue (Sydney) The Great Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation located in a large heritage-listed synagogue at 187a Elizabeth Street in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. ...

, opened in 1878 *

Great Synagogue (Tbilisi) The Great Synagogue ( ka, დიდი სინაგოგა) is a synagogue at 45-47 Leselidze Street in Tbilisi in the republic of Georgia. History The building, also known as the ''Georgian Synagogue'', was built from 1895 to 1903 in an e ...

Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv) The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on 110 Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, just east of the Shalom Tower. The building was designed by Yehuda Magidovitch in 1922 and completed in 1926. It was renovated in 1970 with a new external facade of arche ...

, opened in 1926 * Great Synagogue (Vilna), destroyed during and after World War II *

Great Synagogue (Warsaw) The Great Synagogue of Warsaw ( pl, Wielka Synagoga w Warszawie) was one of the grandest synagogues constructed in Poland in the 19th century. At the time of its opening, it was the largest Jewish house of worship in the world. It was located on ...

, destroyed in 1943 after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Museums

* The historical Great Synagogue in Amsterdam, now part of the

Joods Historisch Museum The (; en, Jewish Museum), part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, is a museum in Amsterdam dedicated to Jewish history, culture and religion, in the Netherlands and worldwide. It is the only museum in the Netherlands dedicated to Jewish history. ...

(Jewish History Museum) * Włodawa Great Synagogue, built between 1769 and 1774, now a museum complex in Poland

Synagogues in antiquity

Great Assembly According to Jewish tradition the Men of the Great Assembly ( he, כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה) or Anshei Knesset HaGedolah (, "The Men of the Great Assembly"), also known as the Great Synagogue, or ''Synod'', was an assembly of 120 sc ...

, or Anshei Knesset HaGedolah, sometimes referred to as the Great Synagogue, of Temple times. *

Great Synagogue of Baghdad The Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( ar, كنيس بغداد العظيم), also known as the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue, is traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Bab ...

, an ancient building in present-day

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Sardis Synagogue Sardis Synagogue is a synagogue located in Manisa Province, Turkey, and it is the biggest known synagogue that belongs to ancient world. Sardis was under numerous foreign rulers until its incorporation into the Roman Empire in 133 BCE. The city ...

, Manisa, Turkey - The complex destroyed in AD 616 by the Sassanian-Persians.

Museums

Synagogues in antiquity

See also