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Great Synagogue (Iaşi)
Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to current or former synagogues in the following countries: Algeria * Great Synagogue (Oran), converted into a mosque in 1975 Australia * Great Synagogue (Sydney), opened in 1878 Belarus * Great Synagogue (Grodno) Belgium * Great Synagogue of Europe, built Brussels in 1878, dedicated as the Synagogue of Europe in 2008 Czech Republic * Great Synagogue (Plzeň), the world's fourth largest synagogue Denmark * Great Synagogue (Copenhagen) Georgia * Great Synagogue (Tbilisi) Hungary * Dohány Street Synagogue the Great Synagogue (''Nagy Zsinagóga'') of Budapest, Europe's largest and the world's fourth largest synagogue. Israel * Ades Synagogue, in Jerusalem, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community * Belz Great Synagogue, in Jerusalem, the second-largest synagogue in the world * Jerusalem Great Synagogue, completed in 1982 * Great Synagogue (Petah Tikva), completed in 1900 * Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Oran)
The Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque () is a mosque in Oran, Algeria. Formerly the Great Synagogue of Oran (), it was the largest synagogue in Africa. Also known as ''Temple Israélite'', it was located on Boulevard Joffre, currently Boulevard Maata Mohamed El Habib. History Construction of the Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish synagogue began in 1879 at the initiative of Simon Kanoui, and took 38 years to complete. The synagogue was completed in the Neo-Mudéjar and Moorish Revival architecture, Moorish Revival styles. When Algeria gained its independence in 1962, almost all Algerian Jews, who were considered French citizens since the Crémieux Decree of 1870, were expelled to France alongside the Pied-Noir settlers. In 1975, the synagogue was converted into a mosque and named after Abdullah ibn Salam, a seventh-century Jew from Medina and companion of Muhammad who converted to Islam. See also * History of the Jews in Algeria * Djamaa Ben farès * Conversion of non-Islam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Deventer)
The Great Synagogue of Deventer () is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Golstraat 23, in the city of Deventer, in the Overijssel region of The Netherlands. Designed by J. A. Mulock Houwer in a mix of the Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival styles, the synagogue was completed in 1892. History This temple was built in 1892 by J. A. Mulock Houwer. It is a Renaissance Revival building with Moorish Revival influences. The structure includes minaret-like turrets, with crescents on either side. On the summit, just above the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments directly, was a large copper Star of David. The oriental style is a reference to the Taifa of Toledo, where, before 1492, peaceful and prosperous coexistence of Judaism with Islam and Christianity prevailed. The combination of crescents and a Star of David explicitly refers to the peaceful co-existence with Islam in Toledo. During World War II, the interior was destroyed by Dutch Nazis (members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Synagogue Of Tunis
The Grand Synagogue of Tunis (), also called the Great Synagogue of Tunis or the Temple of Osiris, is a Judaism, Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Avenue de la Liberté, in Tunis, Tunisia. History The idea for a synagogue was originally requested by the 19th-century Italian Jewish statesman Giacomo Di Castelnuovo, and finally established in 1937 by French architect , who chose to design it in the Art Deco architecture, Art Deco style. The synagogue was shut down by Nazi Germany during the Tunisian campaign, German occupation of Tunisia, but resumed operations after the country was liberated by Allies of World War II, Allied forces. Post World War II In 1967, Pogrom, anti-Jewish rioters motivated by the then-ongoing Six-Day War trashed and looted the synagogue, burning it to the ground and destroying the sacred Torah scrolls, resulting in the abandonment of the building. In the 1990s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali funded the building's restoration. In 2011 Islamic extr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue Of Stockholm
The Great Synagogue of Stockholm (, ) is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 3A Wahrendorffsgatan, close to the park Kungsträdgården on Norrmalm, in Stockholm, Sweden. The synagogue was designed by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander in the Moorish Revival style and completed in 1870. The synagogue was classified as a listed building in 1991. History It was built 1867-1870 according to designs made in 1862 by the architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. The building has been called a "paraphrase over Oriental motifs", and it is listed in the Swedish registry of national historical buildings. It was preceded by an earlier synagogue at Tyska Brunnsplan in the Stockholm Old Town (now the Jewish Museum on 19, Själagårdsgatan), used 1790–1870, and services were held in an even earlier location on Köpmanbrinken near Köpmantorget in the Old town 1787–1790. The ''Judiska biblioteket,'' the Jewish Community Library, is located beneath the Great Synagogue of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Iaşi)
Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to current or former synagogues in the following countries: Algeria * Great Synagogue (Oran), converted into a mosque in 1975 Australia * Great Synagogue (Sydney), opened in 1878 Belarus * Great Synagogue (Grodno) Belgium * Great Synagogue of Europe, built Brussels in 1878, dedicated as the Synagogue of Europe in 2008 Czech Republic * Great Synagogue (Plzeň), the world's fourth largest synagogue Denmark * Great Synagogue (Copenhagen) Georgia * Great Synagogue (Tbilisi) Hungary * Dohány Street Synagogue the Great Synagogue (''Nagy Zsinagóga'') of Budapest, Europe's largest and the world's fourth largest synagogue. Israel * Ades Synagogue, in Jerusalem, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community * Belz Great Synagogue, in Jerusalem, the second-largest synagogue in the world * Jerusalem Great Synagogue, completed in 1982 * Great Synagogue (Petah Tikva), completed in 1900 * Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Constanța)
The Great Synagogue of Constanța is a synagogue, located at 2 C. A. Rosetti Street in Constanța, Romania, that is no longer in use. Although it is in an advanced state of decay and has been abandoned, it is the only synagogue that stands in Constanța. History The synagogue was built between 1910 and 1914 in a Moorish Revival architectural style on the site of an earlier synagogue, erected between 1867 and 1872 after a firman of Sultan Abdul Aziz. The first steps were initiated in 1907 by the president of the community, M. Bujes. However the original building application submitted in 1908 was denied due to concerns about the strength of the proposed dome and galleries. Architect Anghel Păunescu thus replaced the proposed dome with a semi-cylindrical vault intended to express the same "seduction of the curved space". In the interwar period, there had been two main synagogues in Constanța: there was also the Sephardic Temple, built between 1905 and 1908 in a Catalan Gothi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Warsaw)
The Great Synagogue of Warsaw () was a former Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Tłomackie street, in Warsaw, in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Leandro Marconi and completed in the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style in 1878, at the time of its opening, it was the largest Jewish house of worship in the world. The grand synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazi Germany, Nazis on May 16, 1943. History The Great Synagogue was built by the Warsaw's Jewish community between 1875 and 1878 at Tłomackie street, in the south-eastern tip of the district in which the Jews were allowed to settle by the Russian Empire, Russian Imperial authorities of Congress Poland. The main architect was Leandro Marconi. It was opened on 26 September 1878 in celebration of Rosh Hashanah. The synagogue served the acculturated members of Warsaw's Jewish population. Like other such prayer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Oświęcim)
The Great Synagogue () was a former Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located in Oświęcim (), in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Carl Korn and completed in 1873, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazi Germany, Nazis in November 1939. History Old synagogue The first mention of a Jewish congregation in Oświęcim dates from 1588, when the congregation was probably established. Archival documents suggest that a Burgher (social class), townsman from Oświęcim, Jan Piotraszewski, gave or sold his land to the local Jewish community so that they could build their temple and Jewish cemetery, cemetery. The first building was likely a wooden synagogue, that was probably destroyed during the Deluge (history), Swedish deluge. Over the centuries the building was twice destroyed by fire. The first time was on July 6, 1711. After this fire, a stone temple was constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Łomża)
The Great Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located at the southeastern corner of the Main Square, at the intersection of today's Giełczyńska and Senatorska Streets, in Łomża, in the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Enrico Marconi in the ''Rundbogenstil'' style and completed in 1889, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis between 1939 and 1941. History A wooden synagogue was established by the congregation, that dated from the 15th century. It was built from 1878 to 1889 on the initiative of Rabbi Eliezer-Simcha Rabinowicz, and it was designed by Italian-Polish architect Enrico Marconi from Congress Poland. From 1918 to 1922, the synagogue's chief cantor was Isaac Hirshow. The Great Synagogue was destroyed by the invading Germans either in September 1939, at the very beginning of World War II, or in September 1941, soon after the German attack on the Soviet Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Łódź)
The Great Synagogue of Łódź () was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Łódź, in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Adolf Wolff in the Romanesque Revival style and completed in 1887, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on November 14, 1939. History The synagogue was commonly referred to as ''The Temple.'' Prominent Łódż builder and architect Johann Steck (or Jan Sztek, 1851–1914) carried out construction of the synagogue between 1881 and 1887, at the corner of ul. Zielona and al. Tadeusza Kościuszki (formerly ul. Spacerowa). The construction was funded principally by local industrialists, including Izrael Poznański, Joachim Silberstein and Karol Scheibler. The synagogue was burned to the ground by the Nazis on the night of November 14, 1939, along with its Torah scrolls and interior fixtures. The building was dismantled in 1940 and the site was subsequently used as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Katowice)
The Great Synagogue (; ) was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Uferstrasse (contemporary Mickiewicza Street), in Katowice (Kattowitz), in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, in what was then the German Empire. Designed by Max Grünfeld in an eclectic mix of the Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival styles, and completed in 1900, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis by arson in early September 1939, during the invasion of Poland. History The plans to raise a new synagogue in Katowice arose around 1890, when the Old Synagogue became too small for the local worshippers. The construction begun in 1896, and the architect in charge was Max Grünfeld, a son of Ignatz Grünfeld who designed the old synagogue. The construction was finished in 1900 and the synagogue was opened on 12 October 1900; the largest synagogue in the city. The synagogue was set on fire by Nazis in early days of September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Jasło)
The Great Synagogue () was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Karol Szajnocha Street, in the Szajnocha Square, in Jasło, in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship of Poland. Completed in 1905, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on Yom Kippur in 1939. History After World War II, a restaurant was built on the site. A replica façade of the former Jasło Synagogue was included in the rebuild of the Forest Hill Jewish Centre, on Spadina Road in Toronto, Canada. See also * History of the Jews in Poland * List of active synagogues in Poland Before the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939, almost every Polish town had a synagogue or a Jewish house of prayer of some kind. The 1939 statistics recorded the total of 1,415 Jewish communities in the country just before the outbreak of ... References External links 1939 disestablishments in Poland 20th-century synagogues in Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |