List of Jewish communities by country, including

synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...

s, organizations,

yeshiva A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are s ...

s and congregations.

Africa

Egypt

Egyptian Jews Egyptian Jews constitute both one of the oldest and youngest Jewish communities in the world. The historic core of the Jewish community in Egypt consisted mainly of Egyptian Arabic speaking Rabbanites and Karaites. Though Egypt had its own com ...

Ethiopia

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Beta Israel The Beta Israel ( he, בֵּיתֶא יִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Bēteʾ Yīsrāʾēl''; gez, ቤተ እስራኤል, , modern ''Bēte 'Isrā'ēl'', EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "House of Israel" or "Community of Israel"), also known as Ethiopian Jews ...

Morocco

* Chaim Pinto Synagogue * École Normale Hébraïque * Ettedgui Synagogue *

Ibn Danan Synagogue The Ibn Danan Synagogue ( ar, معبد ابن دنان, he, בית הכנסת אבן דאנן) is a synagogue in Fes, Morocco, dating from the 17th century. It was built by Mimoun Ben Sidan, a wealthy merchant from the town of Ait Ishaq. The syn ...

Simon Attias Synagogue file:Bayt Dakira Essaouira 07.jpg, Simon Attias Synagogue located in Bayt Dakira The Simon Attias Synagogue is a nineteenth-century synagogue in Essaouira, Morocco, formerly known as Mogador, Morocco. It is also known as the Bet Ha-Knesset Simon A ...

* Temple Beth-El (Casablanca) *

Lycée Maïmonide Ecole Maïmonide is a French international secondary school in Casablanca, Morocco. A part of the AEFE school network, it serves the levels ''collège'' and ''lycée'' (junior and senior high school).Cape Town Holocaust Centre The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre began as Africa's first Holocaust centre founded in 1999. The Centre works towards creating a more caring and just society in which human rights and diversity are respected and valued. Through exhibitions ...

* Chassidim Shul *

Gardens Shul The Gardens Shul, formally, the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, founded in 1841, located in the Cape Town Botanical Gardens, in the Gardens neighborhood of Cape Town, is the oldest Jewish congregation in South Africa. The rabbi is Rabbi Feldma ...

King David Schools, Johannesburg The King David Schools are a network of Jewish day schools in Johannesburg, South Africa, offering nursery through high school education. There are three campuses across Johannesburg: Linksfield, Victory Park, and Sandton; "each school has ...

Kollel Bet Mordechai Kollel Bet Mordechai (The Beit Mordechai Campus Kollel) is a Kollel and Bet Midrash in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is associated with Mizrachi and is based at the Yeshiva College of South Africa. The Kollel facilitates advanced, as well as c ...

Kollel Yad Shaul Kollel Yad Shaul is a '' Charedi'' yeshiva based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It played a pioneering role in the growth and spread of Torah in South Africa. It has produced numerous serving Rabbis and educatorsand provides a ''Beit Midrash'' o ...

Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg The Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg ("Yeshivas Ohr Menachem") is a Chabad Yeshiva based in Glenhazel, Johannesburg. It was established by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1983, and is headed by Rabbi Noam Wagnewith Rabbi Y. Kesselman as Mashp ...

Ohr Somayach, South Africa Ohr Somayach in South Africa is an affiliate of Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, a network of Haredi yeshivas and Synagogues. Like its parent institution, it focuses on educating baal teshuvas ("returnees" to Orthodox Judaism). It has branches in Johannes ...

* Oxford Shul *

Rabbinical College of Pretoria The Rabbinical College of Pretoria (Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Je ...

Torah Academy School, Johannesburg The Torah Academy is a Chabad Jewish day school in Johannesburg, South Africa. It comprises a boys' high school, a girls' high school (on a separate campus), a primary school and a nursery school. The Mission of the school is to "provide and prom ...

United Herzlia Schools The United Herzlia Schools is an organisation that manages the delivery of separate Jewish education in Cape Town in South Africa. History One of the earliest Jewish schools was the Hope Mill Hebrew Public School which was located at the to ...

Yeshiva College of South Africa The Yeshiva College of South Africa (''Yeshivat Beit Yitzchak''), commonly known as Yeshiva College - and formerly known as Yeshivat Bnei Akiva - is South Africa’s largest religious Jewish Day School. The school is headed by Mr Rob Lonsince 20 ...

Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg was one of the first Yeshivot established in South Africa. Since its founding in 1978, it has played an important - though understated - role in the South African religious community. It is based in Glenhazel, J ...

Yeshiva Maharsha Beis Aharon Yeshiva Maharsha Beis Aharon is a Haredi Community based in Fairmount, Johannesburg. The community was founded in 1982 by the late Rabbi Aharon Pfeuffer (for whom the Yeshiva was later named), and is Headed by Rabbi M. Raff. The Yeshiva comprises ...

Yeshiva of Cape Town The Yeshiva of Cape Town is a kollel and yeshiva established in 1994. Its full title is "The Rabbi Cyril and Ann Harris Yeshiva of Cape Town", named for the late Chief Rabbi. It is based in the ''Green and Sea Point Hebrew Congregation'', in the ...

Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim was a Chareidi (Litvishe) Yeshiva based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Yeshiva was established in 2004 by Rabbi Adam Saffer together with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Rabbi Eichenstein and operated for three years, and was loca ...

Tunisia

* El Ghriba synagogue *

Hara Seghira Synagogue The Hara Seghira Synagogue () is located on Moktar Attia Street, just north of Place L’Independence, in the town of Er Riadh on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. Er Riadh is the modern name for the ancient Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּ� ...

* Mouansa Synagogue *

Or Thora Synagogue (Tunis) The Or-Thora Synagogue ( he, בית הכנסת אור תורה; ar, كنيس أور تورا بتونس) is a synagogue located in the Hara (old city) of the city of Tunis. History It was completed in the early 1930s, prior to World War II. ...

* Synagogue of the Kohanim of Djirt * Zarzis Synagogue

The Americas

Argentina

Dr. Max Nordau Synagogue The Dr. Max Nordau Synagogue, also called Hebrew community Dor Jadash, is located in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires. History Although the temple was opened in 1955, its history began in 1912, when a group of immigrants coming from a few co ...

Villa Crespo Villa Crespo is a middle class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical center of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus currently a population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km2. Villa Crespo c ...

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

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Kollel A kollel ( he, כולל, , , a "gathering" or "collection" f scholars is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim (lectures) and learning ''sedarim'' (sessions); ...

Jafetz Jaim Argentina. Buenos Aires.

Canada

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List of Jewish communities in North America This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. A yeshiva usua ...

Honduras

* Maguen David Synagogue

Jamaica

Shaare Shalom Synagogue Kahal Kadosh Sha'are Shalom (''Holy Congregation of the Gates of Peace''), also known as the United Congregation of Israelites, is a historic synagogue in the city of Kingston on the island of Jamaica. History With the influx of Jews to Jamai ...

, Kingston

Puerto Rico

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List of synagogues in the United States This is a list of notable synagogues in the United States. By state Alabama * Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem, Montgomery * Temple Beth-El, Birmingham * Temple Beth-El, Anniston * Beth Israel Congregation, Gadsden * Knesseth Israel Congregation (Bir ...

Surinam

* Neveh Shalom Synagogue of Paramaribo

United States

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Jewish Federations of North America The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), formerly the United Jewish Communities (UJC), is an American Jewish umbrella organization representing 146 Jewish Federations and 300 independent Jewish communities across North America, which rais ...

* :Orthodox yeshivas in the United States

Venezuela

* Bet-El Synagogue, Caracas

Asia

Hong Kong

Ohel Leah Synagogue The Ohel Leah Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת אהל לאה ''Beit Ha-Knesset Ohel Leah'') and its next-door neighbors, the Jewish Recreation Club and the Jewish Community Center, have formed the center of Jewish social and religious l ...

India

* Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue * Magen Abraham Synagogue *

Paradesi Synagogue The Paradesi Synagogue aka Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue (Malayalam: പരദേശി ജൂതപള്ളി) is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, Kerala, in India. It wa ...

Iran

* Abrishami Synagogue,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Persian Jews Persian Jews or Iranian Jews ( fa, یهودیان ایرانی, ''yahudiān-e-Irāni''; he, יהודים פרסים ''Yəhūdīm Parsīm'') are the descendants of Jews who were historically associated with the Persian Empire, whose successor ...

Iraq

Iraqi Jews The history of the Jews in Iraq ( he, יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים, ', ; ar, اليهود العراقيون, ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BC. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and mos ...

Israel

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List of yeshivas, midrashas and Hebrew schools in Israel This is a list of yeshivas, midrashas, and Hebrew schools in Israel and the West Bank. In Orthodox Judaism a yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is an educational institution where men can study the Torah, the Talmud, and develop their character. A yesh ...

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List of synagogues in Israel This is a list of notable synagogues in Israel. Only those that have Wikipedia entries are included here. Center District * Great Synagogue (Petah Tikva), Great Synagogue (Petah Tikva) * Yeshurun Central Synagogue (Gedera) Haifa District *Con ...

Myanmar

* Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue

Pakistan

Magain Shalome Synagogue The Magain Shalome Synagogue ( ur, ; he, בית הכנסת מגן שלום) was a synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan. It was built by Solomon David Umerdekar in 1893, when the region was still under British rule as India. The synagogue was closed ...

People's Republic of China

Kaifeng Jews The Kaifeng Jews ( zh, t=開封猶太族, p=Kāifēng Yóutàizú; he, יהדות קאיפנג ''Yahădūt Qāʾyfeng'') are members of a small community of descendants of Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, in the Henan province of China. In the early ...

Mir yeshiva (Belarus) The Mir Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת מיר, ''Yeshivas Mir''), commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva ( yi, ‏מירער ישיבה) or The Mir, was a Lithuanian yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire (now Belarus). After relocating a num ...

Singapore

* Chesed-El Synagogue *

Maghain Aboth Synagogue The Maghain Aboth Synagogue ( he, מגן אבות, translit: ''Ma'gen Ahvot'', "Guardian of Patriarchs") is a synagogue in Singapore. It is located at 24/26 Waterloo Street in Rochor, within the Central Area at Singapore's central business di ...

Syria

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Syrian Jews Syrian Jews ( he, יהודי סוריה ''Yehudey Surya'', ar, الْيَهُود السُّورِيُّون ''al-Yahūd as-Sūriyyūn'', colloquially called SYs in the United States) are Jews who lived in the region of the modern state of Syri ...

Yemen

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Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ''Yehudei Teman''; ar, اليهود اليمنيون) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. Between June 1949 and September 1950, the ...

Europe

Albania

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Judaism in Albania The history of the Jews in Albania dates back about 2,000 years. According to historian Apostol Kotani (''Albania and the Jews''): "Jews may have first arrived in Albania as early as 70 C.E. as captives on Roman ships that washed up on the coun ...

Azerbaijan

Synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Baku Synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Baku is a synagogue in Baku. It is located in the center of the city. History In 1946, a building of former depot of the civil defense on the corner of Korganov (now Rasul Rza) and Pervomayskaya (now Dilara Aliy ...

Belgium

Antwerp diamond district Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter (''Diamantkwartier''), and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile. While a ...

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 ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Synagogue Sarajevo Synagogue ( Bosnian: ''Sinagoga u Sarajevu'' / Синагога у Сарајеву) is Sarajevo's primary and largest synagogue and is located on the south bank of the river Miljacka. It was constructed in 1902 and remains the only fu ...

France

Yeshiva of Aix-les-Bains The Yeshiva of Aix-les-Bains is one of the principal Talmudic academies in France. It is officially named Yeshivas Chachmei Tsorfat ("Yeshiva of the Sages of France") after the medieval rabbinic authorities who lived in France, including Rashi a ...

*Yeshiva of Brunoy *Yeshiva of Creteil *Yeshiva of Vincennes *Yeshiva of Bussières *Yeshiva des Étudiants

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

*Yeshiva des Étudiants

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

*Yeshiva Ketana of Marseille *Yeshiva Mekor Israel *Yeshiva Torat Haim Ohr Hanania *Yeshiva Yad Mordekhai

Germany

Central Council of Jews in Germany The Central Council of Jews in Germany (German name: Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) is a federation of German Jews. It was founded on 19 July 1950, as a response to the increasing isolation of German Jews by the international Jewish communi ...

Yeshiva Gedolah Frankfurt The Yeshivah Gedolah of Chabad Lubavitch in Frankfurt am Main is a Yeshiva operated by Chabad of Germany; see Tomchei Tmimim. The Director or Rosh Yeshivah is Rabbi Yossi Havlin; it was founded and continues to be run by Rabbi S. Zalman Gurevi ...

Gibraltar

Synagogues of Gibraltar The four active synagogues of Gibraltar are colloquially known as the Great Synagogue, the Little Synagogue, the Flemish Synagogue, and the Abudarham Synagogue. The first synagogue established after the 1717 expulsion of Jews from Gibraltar, the ...

** Great Synagogue

Hungary

Budapest University of Jewish Studies The Budapest University of Jewish Studies ( hu, Országos Rabbiképző – Zsidó Egyetem, or Országos Rabbiképző Intézet / ''Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies'' / german: Landesrabbinerschule in Budapest) is a uni ...

Isle of Man

*Isle of Man Jewish Community (Manx Hebrew Congregation), see

History of the Jews in the Isle of Man The history of the Jews in the Isle of Man goes back to at least the early 19th century. Background The Isle of Man ( gv, Mannin , also gv, Ellan Vannin ), sometimes referred to simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown dependency ...

Jersey

* Judaism in Jersey

Lithuania

Lithuanian Jews Lithuanian Jews or Litvaks () are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent areas ...

History of the Jews in Lithuania The history of the Jews in Lithuania spans the period from the 14th century to the present day. There is still a small community in the country, as well as an extensive Lithuanian Jewish diaspora in Israel, the United States and other countrie ...

Poland

* Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland

Portugal

Kadoorie Synagogue The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue ( pt, Sinagoga do Porto/Sinagoga Kadoorie Mekor Haim) is a synagogue of the Jewish community of Porto, situated in the civil parish of Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, the municipality of Porto, in the Portuguese nort ...

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Lisbon Synagogue The Lisbon Synagogue (formally, the ''Synagogue Shaaré Tikvah''; ) is a historical synagogue situated in the civil parish of Santo António, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. History There have been Jews in Lisbon at least since the M ...

Serbia

Belgrade Synagogue Sukkat Shalom Synagogue or Belgrade Synagogue (Serbian: Београдска синагога / Beogradska sinagoga) is currently the only fully active Jewish place of worship in Serbian capital Belgrade, as other synagogues citywide are not activ ...

Spain

* Beth Yaacov Synagogue (Madrid) * Synagogue of Barcelona *''See also #Gibraltar, above''

United Kingdom

*''See also #Gibraltar, above''

Oceania

Australia

King David School, Melbourne , motto_translation = To Know and Understand , established = , type = Independent comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary Jewish day school , denomination = Je ...

New Zealand

Dunedin Synagogue The Dunedin Synagogue is an historic synagogue in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is reputedly the world's southernmost permanent synagogue, although a further synagogue operated briefly in King Edward Street, South Dunedin from late 2017 until 2019. ...

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