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List Of Synagogues
This is a list of synagogues around the world. A * Afghanistan: Charshi Torabazein Synagogue (Kabul), Yu Aw Synagogue (Herat) * Albania: Valona Synagogue (Vlorë) * Argentina: Mishkan - Centro de Espiritualidad Judía (Buenos Aires), Templo Libertad (Buenos Aires), Comunidad Sefardí de Buenos Aires (Templo de Camargo) https://www.sefardi.ar/, Menora, Organización Judial Mundial para la Juventud ( uenos Aires https://menora.org.ar/, Comunidad Chalom ( uenos Aires. * Armenia: Mordechai Navi Synagogue (Yerevan) * Aruba: Beth Israel Synagogue ( Oranjestad) * Australia: Emanuel Synagogue (Sydney) * Austria: Hietzinger Synagoge (Vienna), Leopoldstädter Tempel (Vienna), Pazmanitentempel (Vienna), Polnische Schul (Vienna), Stadttempel (Vienna), Synagoge Neudeggergasse (Vienna), Türkischer Tempel (Vienna), Währinger Tempel (Vienna) * Azerbaijan: see List of synagogues in Azerbaijan B * Bahamas: Luis de Torres Synagogue ( Freeport) * Bahrain: Bahrain Synago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, choir performances, and children's plays. They often also have rooms for study, social halls, administrative and charitable offices, classrooms for religious and Hebrew studies, and many places to sit and congregate. They often display commemorative, historic, or modern artwork alongside items of Jewish historical significance or history about the synagogue itself. Synagogues are buildings used for Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Torah. The Torah (Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses) is traditionally read in its entirety over a period of a year in weekly portions during services, or in some synagogues on a triennial cycle. However, the edifice of a synagogue as such is not essential for hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nidhe Israel Synagogue
The Nidḥe Israel Synagogue () is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Synagogue Lane in Bridgetown, Barbados. It is the only synagogue in Barbados, and is bordered by the wider Magazine Lane, James, Coleridge and Pinfold streets, it is a part of the ''Synagogue Historic District''. In 2011 the synagogue and excavated mikveh were designated as UNESCO protected properties within the World Heritage Site of ''Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison'' area. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the Western hemisphere and a Barbados National Trust property. History Built in 1654, it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1831, was rebuilt, but then fell into disrepair until it was sold in 1929. Haim Isaac Carigal was in Barbados, perhaps acting as rabbi of the congregation, at the time of his death in 1777. About 300 Jews from Recife, Brazil, persecuted by the Portuguese, settled in Barbados in the 1660s. Skilled in the sugar industry, they quickly introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manama
Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a diverse population. After periods of Portuguese Empire, Portuguese and Persian control and a short invasion from the ruling dynasty of House of Saud, Saudi Arabia, followed by a longer invasion by Oman, Bahrain established itself as an sovereign state, independent nation in 1971 following a period of British hegemony. Manama has a history that spans over several centuries. First mentioned in Islamic texts as early as the 14th century, Manama remained a small trading port until it came under Portuguese Empire, Portuguese control in the early 1500s. In 1602, the Safavid dynasty, Safavid Persians expelled the Portuguese, and Manama became a regional center for commerce and Pearl#Pearl_farming, pearling. By the late 19th century, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahrain Synagogue
House of Ten Commandments (, ), also called Bahrain Synagogue, is a synagogue located on Sasa'ah Avenue, in commercial district in Manama, Bahrain. House of the Ten Commandments is the oldest continuously operating synagogue in the Gulf Cooperation Council. History House of Ten Commandments in 2009 The synagogue was built in the 1930s by Iranian Jewish merchant Shimon Cohen and financed by an American jeweller whose name is recorded only as Rosenthal and who came to Bahrain to buy pearls. After the 1947 UN Partition Plan which envisaged partitioning Palestine, the synagogue was ransacked by foreign workers who worked in Bahrain. The riots caused many Bahraini Jews to emigrate. The synagogue was ransacked and burned and the country's Torah scroll was stolen. The Torah scroll was returned in damaged condition a number of years later. The remaining Jewish community in Bahrain wanted to convert the building for another use or give it to charity, but the government of Bahrain ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeport, Bahamas
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama in the northwest part of The Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area. Freeport has grown to become the second most populous city in The Bahamas. The main airport serving the city is the Grand Bahama International Airport, which receives domestic flights from various islands of The Bahamas as well as several international flights from the United States, Italy, and Canada. Freeport is also served by domestic Bahamian ferry services to other islands, and an international ferry connection to Miami. The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) operates the free trade zone, under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement signed in August 1955 whereby the Bahamian government agreed that businesses located in the Freeport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis De Torres Synagogue
The Freeport Hebrew Congregation is a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located in Freeport, in the Bahamas. Completed in 1972, the synagogue closed in 2021, with its demise attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the only synagogue in the Bahamas. History The synagogue is named after Luis de Torres, identified by Meyer Kayserling's 1894 book '' Christopher Columbus and the participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese discoveries'' as a Sephardic Jew who sailed with Christopher Columbus as his interpreter at the beginning of the European colonization of the Americas. He is thought to have been the first Jew to have arrived in the New World, having arrived in 1492. The former synagogue is situated on East Sunrise Highway, between the Lutheran Church and the Roman Catholic "Mary Star of the Sea.". The building previously belonged to a bank, who reclaimed the building after the synagogue's closure. The building is described as having a "w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Synagogues In Azerbaijan
There are ten synagogues in Azerbaijan, that proved places of worship for the three main Jewish communities. These communities comprise groups of mountain, Ashkenazi and Georgian Jewish peoples. The total number of Jews in Azerbaijan is 16,000. Of these, 11,000 are mountain Jews, about 6,000 live in Baku, 4,000 live in Guba and thousands in other cities. Ashkenazi Jews comprise 4,300 people; most of whom live in Baku and Sumgayit. Georgian Jews number approximately 700 people. Overview Q. Zelmanovich claims that there are ten synagogues in Azerbaijan. Two of the synagogues are located in Baku, six synagogues are located in Guba, and two synagogues are located in Oguz: :"Synagogues have been built mainly in areas where Jews live. One of the synagogues in Baku was built in 2003 and another in 2012. Jews living in Azerbaijan, every day worship in the synagogue, celebrate their festivals, hold mourning ceremonies." Synagogues in Baku Synagogue of Mountain Jews The Synagogue o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Währinger Tempel
The ''Währinger Tempel'' was a Jewish synagogue, located at Schopenhauerstraße 39, in Währing, the 18th district of Vienna, Austria. Designed by Jakob Modern and completed in 1888, the synagogue was destroyed during the ''Kristallnacht'' in 1938. See also * History of the Jews in Vienna The history of the Jews in Vienna, Austria, goes back over eight hundred years. There is evidence of a Jewish presence in Vienna from the 12th century onwards. At the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, Vienna was one of ... References 1938 disestablishments in Austria 19th-century synagogues in Europe Vienna Wahringer Tempel Former synagogues in Vienna Synagogues completed in 1888 Synagogues destroyed during Kristallnacht (Austria) {{Austria-synagogue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türkischer Tempel
The ''Türkischer Tempel'' () was a Jewish synagogue, located at Zirkusgasse 22, in Vienna, Austria. It was built specifically for a community of Sephardi Jews, who originally came from Turkey. The synagogue opened in 1887. It was designed in a Turkish, almost Islamic style, with a dome. The building was destroyed during the ''Kristallnacht'' in 1938. See also * History of the Jews in Vienna The history of the Jews in Vienna, Austria, goes back over eight hundred years. There is evidence of a Jewish presence in Vienna from the 12th century onwards. At the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, Vienna was one of ... References External links 1938 disestablishments in Austria 19th-century synagogues in Europe Turkischer Tempel Islamic architecture in Europe Sephardi Jewish culture in Austria Sephardi synagogues Synagogues completed in 1887 Turkischer Tempel Turkish diaspora in Europe Turkish-Jewish diaspora Synagogue buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagoge Neudeggergasse
Neudeggergasse Synagogue () was a Jewish synagogue, located at Neudeggergasse 10–12, Josefstadt, in the 8th district of Vienna, Austria. The synagogue served the Jewish community of Neubau and Josefstadt, the 7th and 8th districts of Vienna. History Commissioned by Baron Moritz Freiherr von Königswarter who established the congregation in 1903, and designed by Max Fleischer in the North-German Gothic Revival style, the synagogue was completed in the same year. Constructed mostly of brick, including the façade and the two towers, the main hall of the synagogue was divided by pillars into three naves; allowing more than 300 worshipers to be seated on the ground level. The women sat separate from the men and could watch the proceedings from the balcony on the second floor. The synagogue had excellent acoustics. The synagogue was destroyed during the ''Kristallnacht'' pogroms in 1938, after the ''Anschluß'' of Austria to Nazi Germany. In 1998, during the construction of new b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadttempel
The Stadttempel (), also called the Seitenstettengasse Temple, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at Seitenstettengasse 4, in the Innere Stadt 1st district of Vienna, Austria. Completed in 1826, it is the main synagogue in Vienna. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite. History The synagogue was constructed from 1824 to 1826. The luxurious Stadttempel was fitted into a block of houses and hidden from plain view of the street, because of an edict issued by Emperor Joseph II that only Roman Catholic places of worship were allowed to be built with facades fronting directly on to public streets. This edict saved the synagogue from total destruction during the ''Kristallnacht'' in November 1938, since the synagogue could not be destroyed without setting on fire the buildings to which it was attached. The Stadttempel was the only synagogue in the city to survive World War II, as Nazi paramilitary troops with the help of local authorities destroyed all of the other 93 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
