This article deals in more detail with some of the notable synagogues of Jerusalem, with particular focus to those that do not as of yet have their own page.

Former synagogues

* Beis Aharon Synagogue of Karlin-Stolin. In around 1870 the first

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Hasidim settled in

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and by 1874 had established their own

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in the Old City. It was named Beis Aharon (House of Aaron) after a work authored by Rabbi Aharon II Perlow of Karlin (1802–1872). After it was destroyed during the

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, a new centre was established in Jerusalem's Beis Yisrael neighbourhood. * Beit Meir and Ohel Yitzhak Synagogue. Located in the Batei Mahse complex and inaugurated in 1881, it served as a synagogue for the community of German immigrants in the Jewish Quarter. It was named after Rabbi Meir ben Yitzhak Frenkel Eiseman, Rabbi in Weitzenhausen. In 1948, after the conquest of the Jewish Quarter by the Jordanian Legion, the Arabs completedly destroyed the synagogue. Today, there are no remnants of the synagogue, nor is there any known photograph of its interior. Unlike other synagogues in the Old City destroyed during the War of Independence and rebuilt after the liberation of Jerusalem, such as the Hurva or Ohel Yitzhak, there have been no plans to rebuild the Beit Meir * Chesed El Synagogue, a synagogue located on Chabad Street in the

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of the

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. It was established by immigrants from

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in 1853 and served as a centre for Jews of Iraqi descent living in Jerusalem. It also served as a yeshiva for kabbalists and had a famous library of Kabbalistic works. The synagogue was active until the fall of the Jewish Quarter during the

when it was taken over by an Arab family. After the

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the building became the centre of

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and didn't revert to use as a synagogue.Jerusalem Quartered: The 'Armenian' Quarter, by Rabbi Yakov Goldman
/ref> * Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue has been destroyed in 1948, but, as of 2025, is in the process of being rebuilt, much like the Hurva Synagogue. * Yanina Synagogue, a Romaniote synagogue established by the Jews of

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. It was located in the

Christian Quarter The Christian Quarter (Hebrew: הרובע הנוצרי, romanized: ''Ha-Rova ha-Notsri;'' ) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and the Armenian Quarte ...

of the

. The community also has a synagogue in the "new city", located in the Ohel Moshe neighborhood of Nahlaot.

Active synagogues

Old City – Armenian Quarter

Orthodox Judaism

* Ari Synagogue * Ohr ha-Chaim Synagogue

Old City – Jewish Quarter

Karaite Judaism Karaite synagogues in Jerusalem061

*, founded by Anan Ben David, the founder of the Karaites, is the oldest synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.

Orthodox Judaism

Beit El Synagogue The Beit El Kabbalist yeshiva (Beit El means "House of God") (also: ''Midrash Hasidim'' 'School of the Devout' or ''Yeshivat haMekubalim'', 'Yeshiva of the Kabbalists') is a center of Kabbalah, kabbalistic study in Jerusalem. It consists of two ...

s: there are two with this name in Jerusalem, along with the Yeshivat HaMekubalim school of

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. One is located in the Jewish Quarter, but another one, continuing the same pre-1948 tradition and functioning under the same name (Beit El Synagogue and Yeshivat HaMekubalim), is located in the Ruhama neighbourhood of West Jerusalem. * Four Sephardic Synagogues: **Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue, also Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue and Kahal Kadosh Gadol ** Istanbuli Synagogue **Eliahu Ha'navi Synagogue, aka Kahal Talmud Torah **Emtsai or Middle Synagogue, aka Kahal Tzion Synagogue * , a Breslov synagogue founded in 1860 *

Hurva Synagogue The Hurva Synagogue (), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid (), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was originally founded in the early 18th century by fol ...

(English: Ruined Synagogue) is the currently largest synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. It was originally intended for construction in the 18th century. A small building was constructed, but due to financial difficulties, the intended larger building was not completed. The building was destroyed by an earthquake, and a second attempt to build a large synagogue was blocked by Arab landowners in the early 19th century failed. In the 1830s, multiple small synagogues were built around the site. In the 1860s, the large synagogue was completed. It was destroyed by the Jordanians following the

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. The synagogue was rebuilt in 2010 and is a distinguished feature of Jerusalem's Old City skyline. * , completed in 1837. Built by the ''

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,'' it was named after their leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov and after the blessing of consolation recited on ''

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'': "Blessed be He who consoles (''menachem'')

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and rebuilds

." Rabbi Daniel Sperber leads the congregation. * Ramban Synagogue, the oldest

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synagogue of the Jewish Quarter * Sukkat Shalom Synagogue, founded in 1836 by the Perushim of Kollel Hod (HollandDeutschland), in "The Chush" or "the Hush" (חצר החוש), compound of residential courtyards dating from the early 1800s. *, a

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synagogue founded in 1879 * Tzuf Dvash Synagogue, a Sephardic synagogue which was founded in 1860 *

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, the holiest Jewish site alongside the

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, functions as a synagogue including the area beneath Wilson's Arch.

Old City – Muslim Quarter

Orthodox Judaism

* * Hzon Yehezkel Synagogue * Igud Lohamay Jerushalaim

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* Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue, former Shomrei HaChomos Synagogue or Ungarin Shul (Hungarian synagogue)

New City

Orthodox Judaism

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, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community, located in

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neighborhood, was established by Syrian immigrants in 1901. * Baka Chabad Center for the English Speaking * Beis Hamedrash Gur,

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in Ruhama neighbourhood: see sister synagogue in the Old City for details.
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Arnona * Belz Great Synagogue (Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol) in the Kiryat Belz neighbourhood * Chanichei Yeshivos, Romema *

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* Great Synagogue, on King George Street in central Jerusalem * , Yemin Moshe * HaNassi Synagogue,

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* HaTzvi Yisrael Synagogue, Talbieh * Hecht Synagogue,

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Campus * Heichal Shlomo with its ''Renanim'' Synagogue transferred from

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; King George Street * Israel Goldstein Synagogue, Givat Ram campus,

* , Hillel Street * Kehilas Bnei Torah, Har Nof * Ohavei Zion Synagogue,

. The synagogue was established by Persian immigrants from

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in 1906. * Ohel Moshe Synagogue, Sephardi synagogue established in 1883, Ohel Moshe neighborhood, part of

* Or Zaruaa Synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel, Nahlat Ahim neighbourhood, part of

* Shai Agnon Synagogue, Talpiot. The full official Hebrew name is Beth Midrash "Tiferet Yisrael" al Shem Shai Agnon", lit. "House of Learning 'Glory of Israel' in the name of S. Y. Agnon". * Shir Hadash,

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and German Colony. Shir Hadash is a multi-site Synagogue founded by Rabbi Ian (Haim) Pear. * Zoharei Chama Synagogue, on Jaffa Road The Talpiot neighborhood in Jerusalem was established immediately after

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. Its planners' intention was to make it into the capital city of the nascent State of Israel. The first synagogue in the neighbourhood was in a hut, which was established to serve as a structure for the builders of the neighbourhood and after the completion of the construction was converted into a mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardic synagogue. Among the first worshipers of the

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in the hut was the writer

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, who lived in the neighbourhood. He described the hut and how the prayer was conducted in it in the short story "The Symbol" ( The Fire and the Trees), Tel Aviv Press 1961. The

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of the current building was laid in

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1934, in the presence of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook. With the outbreak of the 1936–1939 riots, the construction of the synagogue was delayed and the structure remained neglected. After the outbreak of

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in 1939 the British confiscated the building and established in it a police station and a warehouse. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, during the period when Talpiot was a transit camp (''ma'abara''), the State used the building as a warehouse of equipment for the transit camp. In the 1950s the building was leased to the

and served as a warehouse of its medical school. In the late 1960s the building returned to the Jerusalem municipality, who renovated the building with the assistance of the

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and with a contribution received from author S. Y. Agnon, a resident of the neighbourhood, out of the money he received for the

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. In the month of Elul 5772 (1972) the synagogue was again inaugurated in a procession where the

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s from the hut were brought in. * Yad Tamar Synagogue, Rehavia * Yakar Synagogue, Old Katamon neighborhood, including the Yakar Center for Social Concern and the Center for Arts and Creativity—Anglo and Israeli congregation * Yeshurun Synagogue, King George Street

Conservative Judaism

* Conservative Yeshiva *

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Reconstructionist Judaism

* Mevakshay Derekh, Shai Agnon Street

Reform Judaism

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, King David Street * Kehillat Har-El, the first

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synagogue in Jerusalem, on Shmuel haNagid Street * Kehillat Kol HaNeshama, Reform synagogue in the Baka neighbourhoodThe Heart of Israel's Reform Judaism
/ref> * Kehillat Mevakshei Derech, Reform synagogue in the San Simon neighbourhoodCongregations: Jerusalem region
Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism. Accessed 28 July 2019.

References

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