Centers of worship, community life and history:
Europe’s Jewish synagogues
“In your opinion, what’s the most beautiful synagogue in Europe?” Thanks for your responses to our – absolutely impossible – question. “Absolutely impossible” because – as the following listing shows – Europe is full of magnificent temples, each with its own style of architecture and history. The styles range from Portuguese Baroque to Neo-Oriental and Jugendstyl and to Post-Modern. And the interiors! Each of them a treasure chest of works of worship!
Each of these synagogues – like the nearly 1,000 others in Europe – testifies to the survival of Judaism during the many centuries of persecution and discrimination, pogroms and the Holocaust. Each is therefore to be cherished.
Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Address: Mr. Visserplein 3, 1011 RD Amsterdam, Netherlands
Augsburg, Germany
Address: Halderstraße 6-8, 86150 Augsburg
Synagogue Rykestrasse, Berlin, Germany
Adress: Rykestraße 53, 10405 Berlin
Address: Oranienburger Str. 28-30, 10117 Berlin
New Synagogue Berlin – Centrum Judaicum
Dohány Street Synagogue – Budapest, Hungary
Address: Budapest, Dohány u. 2, 1074 Hungary
Address: Budapest, Kazinczy u. 29-31, 1075 Hungary
Kazinczy Street Synagogue – Budapest, Hungary
Grand Synagogue of Edirne, Turkey
Address: Dilaverbey, Maarif Cd. No:75, 22020 Edirne Merkez/Edirne, Turkey
Address: Via Luigi Carlo Farini, 4, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
Tempio Maggiore of Florence – Italy
Tempio Maggiore of Florence – Italy
Address: Via Luigi Carlo Farini, 4, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
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It is by no means complete. Please send us your favorite – with reports and photos of your visits there. At J.E.W.S., our goal is to build a family of appreciation of and support for Judaism in Europe and in the world. Through encounters, enjoyment and encouragement.
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