List of Jewish communities by country, including

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 wed ...

s, organizations,

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s and congregations.

Africa

Egypt

Egyptian Jews The history of the Jews in Egypt goes back to ancient times. Egyptian Jews or Jewish Egyptians refer to the Jewish community in Egypt who mainly consisted of Egyptian Arabic-speaking Rabbanites and Karaites. Though Egypt had its own community ...

Ethiopia

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Beta Israel Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews, is a Jewish group originating from the territory of the Amhara Region, Amhara and Tigray Region, Tigray regions in northern Ethiopia, where they are spread out across more than 500 small villages over a wide ter ...

Morocco

* Chaim Pinto Synagogue *

École Normale Hébraïque The École Normale Hébraïque ("Jewish Normal School", ) is a Jewish secondary school in Casablanca, Morocco,

* Ettedgui Synagogue * Ibn Danan Synagogue * Simon Attias Synagogue *

Temple Beth-El (Casablanca) The Temple Beth-El (; ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 67 Rue Jaber ben Hayane, in the Sidi Belyout district of Casablanca, Morocco. Overview While Casablanca has more than 30 synagogues, Beth-El is often con ...

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. It has sister Centres in Johannesburg (Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre) and Durban (Durban Holocaust Centre), and together they form p ...

* Chassidim Shul *

Gardens Shul The Gardens Shul, formally the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation (CTHC), also called the Great Synagogue, is a Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Company's Garden, in the Gardens neighborhood of Cape Town, South Afric ...

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 a ...

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 (religious Zionism) , Mizrachi and is based at the Yeshiva College of South Africa. The Kollel fac ...

Kollel Yad Shaul Kollel Yad Shaul is a ''Charedi'' (ultra-orthodox Orthodox Jewish) yeshiva (seminary) based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The rosh yeshiva (dean) is Rabbi Yitchak Grossnass. Established in the early 1970s, it was originally based in Yeoville, Jo ...

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 Wagner, with Rabbi Y. Kesselman as Ma ...

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 Rabbinic Judaism (), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, Rabbanite Judaism, or Talmudic Judaism, is rooted in the many forms of Judaism that coexisted and together formed Second Temple Judaism in the land of Israel, giving birth to classical rabb ...

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 pro ...

United Herzlia Schools The United Herzlia Schools is an organisation that manages the delivery of separate Jewish education in Cape Town in South Africa. The most prominent school is Herzlia High School, which has over 2, 000 students. The school caters to Jewish stu ...

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 ...

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, Jo ...

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

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 s ...

*Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim

Tunisia

* El Ghriba synagogue *

Hara Seghira Synagogue The Hara Seghira Synagogue () is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation, synagogue, and yeshiva, located on Moktar Attia Street, just north of Place L’Independence, in the town of Er Riadh on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. The synagogue and y ...

Mouansa Synagogue The Mouansa Synagogue () is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the village of Mouansa, located just west of Zarzis, Tunisia, in North Africa. The synagogue, together with the nearby Jewish cemetery, is all that rema ...

* Or Thora Synagogue (Tunis) * Synagogue of the Kohanim of Djirt *

Zarzis Synagogue The Zarzis Synagogue (; ), is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the coastal town of Zarzis, Tunisia. The synagogue was completed in 1905, when the Jewish community of Zarzis numbered approximately 1,000. An arson attack in 1982, fo ...

The Americas

Argentina

* Dr. Max Nordau Synagogue,

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Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

. *

Yeshiva A yeshiva (; ; 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 studied in parallel. The stu ...

and

Kollel A kollel (also kolel) (, , , , a "gathering" or "collection" f scholars is an institute for full-time, advanced Torah study, study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features Shiur (Torah), shiurim (lectures) and ...

Jafetz Jaim Argentina. Buenos Aires.

Canada

''See List of Jewish communities in North America''

Honduras

* Maguen David Synagogue

Jamaica

* Shaare Shalom Synagogue,

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Puerto Rico

''See List of Jewish communities in North America and

List of synagogues in the United States This is a list of notable synagogues in the United States. By state Alabama * Temple Beth-El, Anniston * Temple Beth-El, Birmingham * Temple Emanu-El, Birmingham * Knesseth Israel, Birmingham * Temple B'nai Sholom, Huntsville * Sha’ar ...

Suriname

* Neveh Shalom Synagogue of Paramaribo

United States

Jewish Federations of North America The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), formerly the United Jewish Communities (UJC), is an American Jewish umbrella organization for the Jewish Federations system, representing over 350 independent Jewish communities across North Ameri ...

* List of Jewish communities in North America * :Orthodox yeshivas in the United States

Venezuela

* Bet-El Synagogue, Caracas

Asia

Hong Kong

Ohel Leah Synagogue The Ohel Leah Synagogue () is a Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at the junction of Robinson Road and Castle Road, in the Mid Levels on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Overview Together with the adjacent Jewish R ...

India

Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue The Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue (), also Knesset Eliyahu and the Blue Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 55, Dr. V.B. Gandhi Marg, in the Kala Ghoda neighborhood, Fort, in downtown Mumbai, in the state of Ma ...

Magen Abraham Synagogue The Magen Abraham Synagogue (; ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Old Town neighbourhood of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. , it was the only synagogue in the entire state. It was built in 1934 using ...

Paradesi Synagogue The Paradesi Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue () is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, Kerala, in India. It was built in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph Levi for the flou ...

Iran

* Abrishami Synagogue,

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

Persian Jews Iranian Jews, (; ) also Persian Jews ( ) or Parsim, constitute one of the oldest communities of the Jewish diaspora. Dating back to the History of ancient Israel and Judah, biblical era, they originate from the Jews who relocated to Iran (his ...

Iraq

Iraqi Jews The history of the Jews in Iraq (, ', ; , ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity . Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities. The Jewish community in Mesopotamia, kn ...

Israel

''See List of yeshivas, midrashas and Hebrew schools in Israel and

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) * Yeshurun Central Synagogue (Gedera) Haifa District *Congregation Emet v'Shalom (Nah ...

Myanmar

* Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue

Pakistan

Magain Shalome Synagogue The Magain Shalome Synagogue (; ) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located in Karachi, Pakistan. The synagogue was built by Solomon David Umerdekar in 1893, when the region was still under British rule as Indi ...

People's Republic of China

Kaifeng Jews Kaifeng Jews ( zh, t=開封猶太人, p=Kāifēng Yóutàirén; ) are a small community of descendants of Chinese Jews in Kaifeng City, Henan of China. In the early centuries of their settlement, they may have numbered around 2,500 people. Des ...

* Mir yeshiva (Belarus)

Singapore

Chesed-El Synagogue The Chesed-El Synagogue () is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Oxley Rise, in River Valley, within the Central Area of Singapore. The synagogue was constructed in 1905 and in 1998 it was designated as a national monument of Sin ...

Maghain Aboth Synagogue The Maghain Aboth Synagogue (, or 'Shield of our Fathers') is an Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 24/26 Waterloo Street in Rochor, within the Central Area of Singapore. Constructed in 1878, it is the oldest and largest Je ...

Syria

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Syrian Jews Syrian Jews ( ''Yehudey Surya'', ''al-Yahūd as-Sūriyyūn'', colloquially called SYs in the United States) are Jews who live in the region of the modern state of Syria, and their descendants born outside Syria. Syrian Jews derive their origin ...

Yemen

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Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews, also known as Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ; ), are a Jewish diaspora group who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. After several waves of antisemitism, persecution, the vast majority ...

Europe

Albania

''See Judaism in Albania''

Azerbaijan

Synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Baku Synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Baku is a synagogue, located at 171 Dilara Aliyeva Street, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The synagogue caters for Ashkenazi and Georgian Jews. History In 1946, a building of former depot of the civil defense on the c ...

Belgium

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Great Synagogue of Europe The Great Synagogue of Europe (; ), formerly known as the Great Synagogue of Brussels (; ), is the main synagogue in Brussels, Belgium, which was dedicated as a focal point for European Jews in 2008. The building was designed in 1875 in a Ro ...

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Synagogue The Sarajevo Synagogue ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Sinagoga u Sarajevu, Синагога у Сарајеву) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on the south bank of the river Miljacka, in Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The synag ...

History of the Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina The history of the Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ''Jevrejski narod Bosne i Hercegovine'') spans from the arrival of the first Bosnian Jews as a result of the Spanish Inquisition to the survival of the Bosnian Jews through the Holocaust and ...

List of synagogues in Bosnia and Herzegovina This is a list of synagogues in Bosnia and Herzegovina which lists active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues. It is likely incomplete as references and sources for this topic are rather scarce. References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Synago ...

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 city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

*Yeshiva des Étudiants

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

*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: ''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 commu ...

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 Gurevitc ...

Besht Yeshiva Dresden The Besht Yeshiva Dresden is a Jewish educational institution in Dresden, Germany and the first founded Yeshiva in East Germany after the Shoah, as well as the first liberal-Hasidic yeshiva in the world. It was named after the founder of the Has ...

Gibraltar

Synagogues of Gibraltar This is a list of synagogues in Gibraltar, a British overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The congregations of all four synagogues in Gibraltar, worship in the Orthodox Jewish tradition. List See also * History of the Jews in Gibr ...

** Great Synagogue

Hungary

Budapest University of Jewish Studies The Budapest University of Jewish Studies ( / ''Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies'' / ) is a university in Budapest, Hungary. It was opened in 1877, a few decades after the first European Rabbinical seminary, rabbinica ...

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 ( , also ), sometimes referred to simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between Gre ...

Jersey

* Judaism in Jersey

Lithuania

Lithuanian Jews {{Jews and Judaism sidebar , Population Litvaks ({{Langx, yi, ליטװאַקעס) or Lita'im ({{Langx, he, לִיטָאִים) are Jews who historically resided in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuan ...

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 Jews, Lithuanian Jewish diaspora in Israel, the United States, ...

Montenegro

History of the Jews in Montenegro The history of the Jews of Montenegro dates back to the times when that area was connected to the division of the Roman Empire between Roman and Byzantine rule. Since modern-day Montenegro is a young country the Jewish community of Montenegro ...

Poland

* Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland

Portugal

* Kadoorie Synagogue, Porto * Lisbon Synagogue

Serbia

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History of the Jews in Serbia The history of the Jews in Serbia is some two thousand years old. The Jews first arrived in the region during Roman times. The Jewish communities of the Balkans remained small until the late 15th century, when Jews fleeing the Spanish and Port ...

* List of synagogues in Serbia

Spain

* Beth Yaacov Synagogue (Madrid) *

Synagogue of Barcelona The Synagogue of Barcelona, officially, the Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Barcelona (), is a Judaism, Jewish congregation, synagogue, and cultural center, located at 24 Carrer de l'Avenir, in the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Co ...

*''See also #Gibraltar, above''

United Kingdom

*''See also #Gibraltar, above''

Oceania

Australia

King David School, Melbourne The King David School is an independent comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary progressive Jewish day school, located in Armadale, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school currently caters for appro ...

New Zealand

* Dunedin Synagogue

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