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Lille Synagogue, France.An eclectic hybrid with Moorish, Romanesque, classical and Baroque elements, 1892. Synagogue of the Kaifeng Jewish community in China. The ark may be more or less elaborate, even a cabinet not structurally integral to the building or a portable arrangement whereby a Torah is brought into a space temporarily used for worship.
The Ohel Rachel Synagogue (Chinese: 拉結會堂, Hebrew for "Tent of Rachel") is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 500 North Shaanxi Road, in the Jing'an District of Shanghai, China. Built by Sir Jacob Elias Sassoon in memory of his wife Rachel, it was completed in 1920 and consecrated in 1921.
The oldest, dating from 1489, commemorates the construction of a synagogue (1163) (bearing the name Qīngzhēn Sì, a term often used for mosque in Chinese), states the Jews entered China from India in the Later Han dynasty (25–220 CE), the Jews' 70 Chinese surnames, their audience with an "un-named" Song-dynasty emperor, and finally lists ...
The congregation is now fully independent and has members from across the Jewish diaspora. Most of Hong Kong's Jews live only a short distance away from the synagogue. An example of British Colonial Edwardian architecture, the two-storied, whitewashed , multi-turreted Synagogue nestles amid the soaring high-rises of steel and glass perched on ...
Built in 1918 as Harbin New Synagogue after Harbin General Synagogue, which is now the Harbin Old Synagogue Concert Hall, the new synagogue was the largest of its kind in China. [2] The synagogue was closed in 1950s as Jews in Harbin were leaving and heading for destinations such as Israel, the United States and Australia. [1]
The Beth Aharon Synagogue (Chinese: 阿哈龍會堂; Hebrew for "House of Aharon") was a Sephardi synagogue in Shanghai, China, built in 1927 by the prominent businessman Silas Aaron Hardoon in memory of his father Aaron.
Pages in category "20th-century synagogues in China" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The New Synagogue (Chinese: 拉都會堂) was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located at 102 rue Tenant de la Tour in the French Concession of Shanghai, China. The synagogue was opened in 1941 to serve the city's then growing Ashkenazi Russian Jewish community, and was closed in 1965 after the departure of most Jews from ...