14-525: (Redirected from Grand Synagogue ) Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to current or former synagogues in the following countries; Algeria [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Oran) , converted into a mosque in 1975 Australia [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Sydney) , opened in 1878 Belarus [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Grodno) Belgium [ edit ] Great Synagogue of Europe , built Brussels in 1878, dedicated as
28-628: A mosque or other Islamic place of worship in Algeria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Great Synagogue (%C5%81om%C5%BCa) The Great Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , that was located at the southeastern corner of the Main Square, at the intersection of today's Giełczyńska and Senatorska Streets, in Łomża , in the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland . Designed by Enrico Marconi in
42-631: Is a mosque in Oran , Algeria . Formerly the Great Synagogue of Oran ( French : Grande synagogue d'Oran ), it was the largest synagogue in Africa . Also known as Temple Israélite , it was located on Boulevard Joffre, currently Boulevard Maata Mohamed El Habib. Construction of the Orthodox Jewish synagogue began in 1879 at the initiative of Simon Kanoui, and took 38 years to complete. The synagogue
56-515: The Rundbogenstil style and completed in 1889, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis between 1939 and 1941. A wooden synagogue was established by the congregation, that dated from the 15th century. It was built from 1878 to 1889 on the initiative of Rabbi Eliezer-Simcha Rabinowicz, and it was designed by Italian-Polish architect Enrico Marconi from Congress Poland . From 1918 to 1922,
70-598: The Great Synagogue, of Temple times. Great Synagogue of Baghdad , an ancient building in present-day Iraq Sardis Synagogue , Manisa, Turkey - The complex destroyed in AD 616 by the Sassanian-Persians. See also [ edit ] New Synagogue (disambiguation) Old Synagogue (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about synagogues with
84-776: The Iberian Peninsula Great Synagogue of London , destroyed by aerial bombing in the London Blitz in 1941 Museums [ edit ] The historical Great Synagogue in Amsterdam, now part of the Joods Historisch Museum (Jewish History Museum) Włodawa Great Synagogue , built between 1769 and 1774, now a museum complex in Poland Synagogues in antiquity [ edit ] Great Assembly , or Anshei Knesset HaGedolah, sometimes referred to as
98-452: The Synagogue of Europe in 2008 Czech Republic [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Plzeň) , the world's fourth largest synagogue Denmark [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Copenhagen) Georgia [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Tbilisi) Hungary [ edit ] Dohány Street Synagogue the Great Synagogue ( Nagy Zsinagóga ) of Budapest, Europe's largest and
112-969: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Romania [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Constanța) , disused Great Synagogue (Iaşi) Sweden [ edit ] Great Synagogue of Stockholm Tunisia [ edit ] Grand Synagogue of Tunis Ukraine [ edit ] Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) Former synagogues [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Berehove) , abandoned and repurposed Great Synagogue (Bila Tserkva) , abandoned and repurposed Great Synagogue (Brody) , abandoned Great Synagogue (Husiatyn) , abandoned Great Synagogue (Lutsk) , abandoned and repurposed Great City Synagogue (Lviv) , destroyed Great Suburb Synagogue , Lviv, destroyed Great Synagogue (Pidhaitsi) , demolished Great Synagogue (Velyki Mosty) , abandoned United Kingdom [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Gibraltar) , oldest synagogue on
126-800: The largest synagogue in Rome Lithuania [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Vilna) , destroyed during and after World War II Netherlands [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Deventer) Poland [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Piotrków Trybunalski) Former synagogues [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Białystok) , destroyed in 1941 Great Synagogue (Danzig) , destroyed in 1939 Great Synagogue (Jasło) , destroyed during World War lI Great Synagogue (Katowice) , destroyed in 1939 Great Synagogue (Łódź) , destroyed in 1939 Great Synagogue (Łomża) , destroyed during World War II Great Synagogue (Oświęcim) , destroyed in 1939 Great Synagogue (Warsaw) , destroyed in 1943 after
140-584: The same or similar names. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended airport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Synagogue&oldid=1247838839 " Category : Synagogue disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Great Synagogue (Oran) The Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد عبد الله بن سلام )
154-542: The site of the former synagogue, with an inscription in Polish and Hebrew, which reads: From July 1941 to November 1942 in the streets: Dworna – now 22-go Lipca, Senatorska, Woziwodzka, Zielona, Żydowska – now Zatylna, and Rybaki, the Nazis set up a ghetto, where they exterminated 9,000 Poles of Jewish ethnicity. 3,500 of them were shot in the woods near the villages of Giełczyn and Sławiec. The German occupiers established 15 ghettos in
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#1732847975876168-673: The synagogue's chief cantor was Isaac Hirshow . The Great Synagogue was destroyed by the invading Germans either in September 1939, at the very beginning of World War II , or in September 1941, soon after the German attack on the Soviet Union and the creation of the Łomża Ghetto for the Jews from surrounding villages and towns. Most likely the Great Synagogue was destroyed in stages, first burned down, and levelled out later. A memorial plaque marks
182-705: The world's fourth largest synagogue. Israel [ edit ] Ades Synagogue , in Jerusalem, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community Belz Great Synagogue , in Jerusalem, the second-largest synagogue in the world Jerusalem Great Synagogue , completed in 1982 Great Synagogue (Petah Tikva) , completed in 1900 Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv) , opened in 1926 Italy [ edit ] Great Synagogue (Florence) Great Synagogue (Rome) ,
196-729: Was completed in the Neo-Mudéjar and Moorish Revival styles. When Algeria gained its independence in 1962, almost all Algerian Jews , who were considered French citizens since the Crémieux Decree of 1870, were expelled to France alongside the Pied-Noir settlers. In 1975, the synagogue was converted into a mosque and named after Abdullah ibn Salam , a seventh-century Jew from Medina and companion of Muhammad who converted to Islam . [REDACTED] Media related to Abdallah Ibn Salam Mosque at Wikimedia Commons This article about
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