List of synagogues

This is a list of synagogues around the world.

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  • India India. Mumbai: Knesset Eliyahoo, Magen David, Tifferth Israel, Etz Haeem, Shaar Rason, Shaar Haramamin. In the suburbs of Mumbai there are two synagogues at Thana and Kurla. In the Konkan region of Maharashtra there are ten synagogue buildings (including those in Pen, Panvel, and a string of small towns and villages, but most are no longer or irregularly functioning, yet the buildings remain in adequate condition.

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  • Venezuela Venezuela:Tiféret Israel, Hogar Jabad Lubavitch de Venezuela, Unión Israelita de Caracas, Asociación Bet El, Congregación Bet Aharón, Tiféret Israel del Este Keter Torá, Centro Bet Shemuel, Shaaré Shalom, Centro Bet Shemuel del Este, (Caracas); Asociación Israelita de Valencia, (Valencia); Sociedad Israelita de Maracaibo, (Maracaibo); Or Meir, (Porlamar)
  • Vietnam Vietnam: Chabad of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)
  • United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands, US: Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasidim Synagogue (Saint Thomas)

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  • Zambia Zambia: Lusaka Synagogue (Lusaka). There were once synagogues in Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira, Zambia of the Copperbelt Region, but they are now African churches. Ndola's former synagogue, now used by the Catholic Church as offices, and they built a new prayer space for church services. In Kitwe, the former synagogue is today owned and operated by the Salvation Army. The synagogue in Livingstone is also now an African church. There was once a Jewish community in the Copperbelt Region town of Luwansha, but it is unclear whether any former synagogue was built and still stands.
  • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation (Bulawayo), Harare Hebrew Congregation (Harare). There were once three synagogues in the Midlands region of the country—in Kadoma (building destroyed), Kitwe (building used by an African church, and Gewru (building used as a church today).

See also

References

  1. ^ Plotz, David (2003-01-22). "David Plotz in Africa". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  2. ^ List of Synagogues in Berlin Archived 2008-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Synagogues of the World: Honduras". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  4. ^ Association Cultuelle Israelite de Monaco Monte Carlo
  • Messinas, Elias. (2022). The Synagogues of Greece: A Study of Synagogues in Macedonia and Thrace: With Architectural Drawings of all Synagogues of Greece. ISBN 979-8-8069-0288-8.
  • Waronker, Jay A. Articles (2007, 2009, 2010) appear in KULANU (www.kulanu.org) on the synagogue architecture in Zambia.

External links

  • Synagogues of the World on the Jewish Virtual Library
  • The Jewish History Resource Center, Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
  • JewishDirectory.com
  • Worldwide directory of Chabad Centers
  • Images of synagogues in the archives of the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art
  • Klein Rudolf: Zsinagógák Magyarországon 1782-1918 - Synagogues in Hungary, TERC Kft., 2011
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