Great Synagogue
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Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to:
- Sardis SynagogueSardis SynagogueSardis Synagogue is a synagogue located in the province of Manisa Turkey. Sardis was under numerous foreign rulers until its incorporation into the Roman Empire in 133 BCE. The city served then as the administrative center of the Roman province of Lydia. Sardis was reconstructed after the...
, Manisa, Turkey - The complex was destroyed in 616 AD by the Sassanian-Persians. - Dohány Street SynagogueDohány Street SynagogueThe Great Synagogue, also known as Dohány Street Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest. It is the third largest synagogue in Eurasia and the fifth largest in the world...
(Nagy Zsinagóga) in BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Europe's largest and the world's third largest synagogue - Great Synagogue (Amsterdam)Amsterdam EsnogaThe Portuguese Synagogue also known as the Esnoga , or Snoge, is a 17th-century Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam. Esnoga is the Ladino word for synagogue.-Background:...
, a historical synagogue in Amsterdam, now part of the Joods Historisch Museum (Jewish History Museum) - Great Synagogue of BaghdadGreat Synagogue of BaghdadAccording to tradition, the Great Synagogue of Baghdad , also known as the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue, is traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE. It is said that material gathered from the ruins of...
- Belz Great SynagogueBelz Great SynagogueThe Belz Great Synagogue is the largest synagogue in Israel. It was built by the Belz Hasidic community with financial help from its supporters and admirers around the world.-Planning:...
, Jerusalem - Great Synagogue (Białystok), destroyed in 1941
- Great Synagogue of EuropeGreat Synagogue of EuropeThe 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....
, built in 1878, dedicated in 2008. - Great Synagogue of FlorenceGreat Synagogue of FlorenceThe Great Synagogue of Florence or Tempio Maggiore is a notable synagogue in Florence, Italy.-History and architecture:The synagogue was built between 1874 and 1882. The architects were Mariano Falcini, Professor Vincente Micheli, and Marco Treves, who was Jewish...
- Great Synagogue (Copenhagen)Great Synagogue (Copenhagen)The Great Synagogue is the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Copenhagen, Denmark. The synagogue is defined by its unique architecture around the Ark of the Law. During the first half of the 19th century, synagogues continued to be built in the classical tradition but there began to be a...
- Great Synagogue of Stockholm
- Great Synagogue (Gdańsk), destroyed in 1939
- Great Synagogue (Gibraltar)Great Synagogue (Gibraltar)The Great Synagogue of Gibraltar, also known as Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar HaShamayim , is located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, and was the first synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula to operate since the expulsions from Spain and Portugal in 1492 and 1497 respectively.-History:Sha'ar...
, oldest synagogue on Iberian Peninsula. - Great Synagogue (Grodno)Great Synagogue (Grodno)The Great Synagogue of Hrodna, located in Hrodna, Belarus, dates from the 16th century and is a 2007 pretender to UNESCO World Heritage Site.-History:...
- Great Synagogue (Iaşi)Great Synagogue (Iaşi)The Great Synagogue of Iaşi was built in 1671 and is the oldest surviving synagogue in Romania. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments....
- Great Synagogue (Jasło), destroyed during World War II
- Great Synagogue (Jerusalem)Great Synagogue (Jerusalem)The Great Synagogue of Jerusalem, , is located at 58 King George Street, Jerusalem, Israel. Rabbi Zalman Druck was the spiritual leader from the synagogue's establishment until he died on 11 December 2009. The president of the synagogue is Rabbi Dr. David M...
- Great Synagogue (Katowice)Great Synagogue (Katowice)Great Synagogue was the largest synagogue in Katowice , Poland then Germany. It was built in 1900, designed by Ignatz Grünfeld. The synagogue was set on fire by Nazis on 4 September 1939.- History :...
, destroyed in 1939 - Great Synagogue (Łomża), destroyed during World War II
- Great Synagogue (Łódź), destroyed in 1939
- Great Synagogue of LondonGreat Synagogue of LondonThe Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz.-History:...
, destroyed by aerial bombing in the London Blitz in 1941. - Great Synagogue (Oran), converted into a mosque in 1975.
- Great Synagogue (Plzeň), the world's fourth largest synagogue.
- Great Synagogue (Piotrków Trybunalski)Great Synagogue (Piotrków Trybunalski)The Great Synagogue in Piotrków Trybunalski, , was built between 1791-1793 and designed by David Friedlander. The synagogue was devastated by Nazis during the World War II...
- Great Synagogue of RomeGreat Synagogue of Rome-History:The Jewish community of Rome goes back to the 2nd century BC when the Roman Empire had an alliance of sorts with Judea under the leadership of Judah Maccabeus. At that time, many Jews came to Rome from Judea. Their numbers increased during the following centuries due to the settlement that...
, the largest synagogue in Rome. - Great Synagogue (Sydney)Great Synagogue (Sydney)The Great Synagogue is a large synagogue in Sydney, Australia. It is located in Elizabeth Street opposite Hyde Park and extends back to Castlereagh Street.-Description and history:...
, opened in 1878. - Great Synagogue (Tbilisi)Great Synagogue (Tbilisi)The Great Synagogue is a synagogue at 45-47 Leselidze Street in Tbilisi in the republic of Georgia-History:The building, also known as the Georgian Synagogue, was built from 1895 to 1903 in an eclectic style by Georgian Jews from Akhaltsikhe who migrated to Tbilisi in the late 19th century, thus...
- Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv)Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv)The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, just east of the Shalom Tower. The building was designed by Yehuda Magidovitch in 1922 and completed in 1926. It was renovated in 1970 with a new external facade of arches....
, opened in 1926. - Great Synagogue of VilnaGreat Synagogue of VilnaThe Great Synagogue of Vilna which once stood at the end of Jewish Street , Vilna, Lithuania, was built between 1630-1633 after permission was granted to construct a synagogue from stone...
, destroyed during and after WW2. - Great Synagogue (Warsaw), destroyed in 1943 after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- Great Synagogue of Włodawa, 1764
- Great AssemblyGreat AssemblyThe Great Assembly or Anshei Knesset HaGedolah , also known as the Great Synagogue, was, according to Jewish tradition, an assembly of 120 scribes, sages, and prophets, in the period from the end of the Biblical prophets to the time of the development of Rabbinic Judaism, marking a transition from...
, or Anshei Knesset HaGedolah, sometimes referred to as the Great Synagogue, of Temple times.
See also
- New SynagogueNew Synagogue (disambiguation)-Czech Republic:* New Synagogue * New Synagogue * Zadní synagoga -Germany :* New Synagogue * New Synagogue * New Synagogue - Poland :* New Synagogue * New Synagogue...
- Old Synagogue (disambiguation)