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The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת תפארת ישראל; Ashkenazi Hebrew: Tiferes Yisroel), most often spelled Tiferet Israel, also known as the Nisan Bak Shul (Yiddish: ניסן ב"ק שול), after its co-founder, Nisan Bak [1] is a former prominent Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel.
Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, one of the most outstanding synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem in the 19th and 20th centuries, destroyed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and left in ruins. As of 2019, it is being rebuilt.
[3] [4] [5] An armed gang consisting of 15 unidentified men broke into the synagogue, tied and gagged security guards and occupied the building for several hours. [6] Anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli graffiti was daubed on the walls [7] and the synagogue office and Holy Ark were ransacked. They also called for Jews to be expelled from the country.
After the Six-Day War the building became the centre of Bnei Akiva and didn't revert to use as a synagogue. [2] Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue has been destroyed in 1948, but, as of 2025, is in the process of being rebuilt, much like the Hurva Synagogue. Yanina Synagogue, a Romaniote synagogue established by the Jews of Ioannina, Greece.
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