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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.
Nisan Bak (or Nissan Beck; Hebrew: ניסן ב"ק; 1815–1889) was a leader of the Hasidic Jewish community of the Old Yishuv in Ottoman Palestine.He was the founder of two Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Kirya Ne'emana (better known as Batei Nissan Bak) and a Yemenite Jewish neighborhood, and builder of the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, also known as the Nisan Bak Shul.
A 13-year-old in Ohio is facing criminal charges after allegedly crafting “a detailed plan” for a mass shooting at a synagogue in September, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
[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.
Numerous synagogues throughout Germany were destroyed during the Nazi era (1933–1945), particularly during or slightly after the November Pogroms of 1938. Their post-war reconstruction was hampered by the Jewish community having fled or been murdered and in some cases Old Nazis remaining in local administrative positions preventing rebuilding.
A 13-year-old Ohio boy accused of planning a mass shooting at a local synagogue has been ordered to spend a year on probation. The Canton Repository reports that the Plain Township boy pleaded ...