The Malbim Synagogue was a former

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, located at 4 Strada Bravilor, in

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. The synagogue was completed in 1864 and demolished in 1987.

History

The synagogue was built in 1864 upon the initiative of head rabbi Meir Leibush Wisser and reconstructed in 1912. The building was named after Rabbi Meir Leibish Malbim (1809-1879), being Chief Rabbi of Bucharest and Romania (1858-1864). The building was devastated by the far-right

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in 1941. The synagogue was rebuilt after

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; however, in 1987, along with the Spanish Small Temple, the building was demolished to make room for the Union Boulevard in Bucharest.

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