Synagogues around the world

Synagogues around the world

Hatikvah, 2000 years of waiting

A significant number of synagogues were destroyed during the Spanish, Ukranian Cossack and Russian progroms (= from Russian 'to destroy') between the 14th and 19th centuries. The unspeakably cruel Spanish Inquisition, Cossacks and Tsars are gone, but Israel is back.
In Germany, after centuries of Jewish expulsions and paying high taxes (called 'protection money'), before and during World War 2 (1933-1945), the German National Socialists destroyed 33,914 Jewish Houses of Worship, called Synagogues. The Nazi's are gone, but Israel is here today to stay.
In 1948, Muslims from the official Palestinian state of Jordan destroyed or desecrated 58 synagogues in Jerusalem. Today, they are morally bankrupt, and Israel is thriving (Gen12).
in October 2023, Muslim Iran, Hamas, Hezb & Houthis attacked Israel civilian centers with over 30,000 missiles. Today, they are gone, Israel is still here

Synagogues attacked - set ablaze, firebombed, rammed by cars and vandalized, within months after the barbaric Iran-funded muslim massacre of 1200+ Jews during 07oct23

Europe Died In Auschwitz

Here a small sample of what was during 2000 years of diaspora and some of what remains:

‘Synagogen’ by van Lieshout, 4000 years history

1st cent. Tiberias, Israel

2d cent. Dura Europos, Roman Syria

2d cent. Dura Europos, Roman Syria

2d cent. Sardes, Asia Minor

2d cent. Sardes, Asia Minor

3d cent. Kefar Baram, Northern Israel

3d cent. Kefar Baram, Northern Israel

pre-4th cent, Chorazim, Kafernaum, N.Israel

pre-4th cent, Kafernaum, N.Israel

pre-916, Aleppo, Syria

1400, Ramban Synagogue, Jerusalem, destroyed by muslims in 1472

1568, Cochin Synagogue, Kerala, India, founded by Dutch Jews

1639, Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam

1671, Esnoga Synagogue, Amsterdam

1860 Tiferet Synagogue, Jerusalem

Gerazim, Samaria, ‘Fields white with harvest’(John4:35)

1163, Kai Feng Fu Synagogue, China

1640, Zabludow Synagogue, Poland, destroyed by Nazis

1763, Touro Synagogue, Newport. USA

1841, Capetown, South Africa

1859, the Great Synagogue of Budapest

1878, Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia

1900, New Synagogue, Szeged, Hungary

1570, Great (Old) Synagogue of Krakov, Poland, destr 1943

1837, Grand Synagogue of Tunis

1906 Choral (Great) Synagogue of Moscow

1897 Shearith Great Synagogue of New York (1st Congr 1654)

Sha'ar HaRahamim Synagogue, Masjid interior, India

Moses & Elijah Chairs, Morocco

Roben Bensadoun Synagogue, Morocco, lighting lamps in remembrance

Rabat, Tunesia

Restored 1890 (but pre-islamic), Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo

17th cent, Etz Hayyim, Chania, Crete

A Moscow Synagogue

1840, Haarlem, Neth

15th cent, Abuhaf Synagogue, Safed, Israel

1880's, Debrecen Orthodox Synagogue, Hungary

1866, Neue Synagoge, Berlin, Germany

1906 (1756), Groningen, Neth

1400, Ramban, Israel - 45 years (1993)

1849, Geelong, Australia

1956 Temple Emanuel, Sydney, Australia

1911, Great Synangogue, Tiblisi, Georgia

1800 (1724) Bikur Holim Synagogue, Izmir, Turkey

1568, High (Vysoka) Synagogue, Prague, Czechia, Europe’s oldest synagogue

1890, Rosh Pino (now Beit Yaacov) Synagogue, Gomel, Belorussia

1766 Uylenburg Synagogue, Amsterdam

1925, Huntington, WV, America

1956, Temple Emanuel, Sydney

1866, Synagoge Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Neth

1842, Synagoge Bourtange, Groningen, Neth

1811, Synagoge Nieuwerschans, Groningen, Neth

1832, Synagoge Bergen op Zoom, Neth

1853, Synagoge Meerssen, Limburg, Neth

1854, Synagoge Winschoten, Groningen, Neth

1845, Synagoge Sliedrecht, Neth

Soetendorp Synagogue, Amsterdam, Neth

1857, Synagoge Aalten, Gelderland, Neth

1958, Great Synagogue of Jerusalem, Gateway to Heaven

1926, Great Synagogue, Tel Aviv, Israel

1958, Great Synagogue, Jerusalem

1958, Thora Scrolls, Great Synagogue, Jerusalem

1733, Beit El synagogue, Jerusalem, destroyed by muslim Jordan in 1948

En Zij Werden Verstrooid, by Werner Keller

1163, Kai Feng Fu Synagogue, China

3d century, 2-storied Synagogue

12th Century Alsace Synagogue

11th cent. Worms Synagogue, with Rasji chapel

11th cent., Rasji Chapel, Worms, used by Luther

8-15th century, Cordoba, Spain

1180, Toledo, Spain, former Synagogue (now St Maria)

1360, Toledo, Spain, former Synagogue Wall Ornaments (now El Transito)

16th Century Synagogue Furth, Bavaria

1636, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America’s oldest congregation

17th century German and Portuguese Synagogues, Amsterdam

1675, Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam

1690, Pogrzebyszcze, Poland, destroyed by Nazis in WW2

1714, Berlin’s Oldest (Alte) Synagogue, destroyed by Nazis in 1942

1853, Rodeph Synagogue, New York