Beth Shalom Synagogue ( he, בית כנסת בית שלום) is the principal synagogue of
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
,
Greece
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. It was built in 1935
of white
Pentelic
Mount Pentelicus or Pentelikon (, or ) is a mountain in Attica, Greece, situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. Its highest point is the peak ''Pyrgari'', with an elevation of 1,109 m. The mountain is covered in large part w ...
marble, the architecture is an austere
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
style; the building was renovated in 1975. The synagogue is managed by Rabbi Gabriel Negrin, who was elected by the council of Athens’ Jewish community following the death of the long time leader
Jacob Arar in 2014.
See also
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Etz Chaim Synagogue (Athens)
*Ancient
Synagogue in the Agora of Athens The Synagogue in the Agora of Athens is an ancient synagogue located in the Ancient Agora of Athens.
During an excavation in the summer of 1977, a piece of Pentelic marble apparently once part of a curvilinear frieze over a doorway or niche was d ...
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History of the Jews in Greece
The history of the Jews in Greece can be traced back to at least the fourth century BCE. The oldest and the most characteristic Jewish group that has inhabited Greece are the Romaniotes, also known as "Greek Jews." The term "Greek Jew" is pred ...
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Sephardi Jewish culture in Greece
Sephardi synagogues
Greek Revival synagogues
Synagogues in Athens
Synagogues completed in 1935
Orthodox synagogues