Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv)
History
The Aesopian synagogue, built in 1895, was designed in the Moorish Revival style by Nikolay Gordenin. Gabriel Yakob Rozenberg, a merchant, financed the building. In 1915 the building was reconstructed by Valerian Rykov. The reconstruction was financed by Vladimir Ginzburg, a nephew of Rozenberg.
In 1929, the synagogue was closed. During the German occupation of Kyiv in World War II, the Nazis converted the building into a horse stable.
Since 1945, the building has again been used as a synagogue. In 1990, restoration works were launched at the initiative of the new Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, Yaakov Dov Bleich. A yeshiva and schools for boys and girls were established in the same building. In 1992, the synagogue officially became the property of the Jewish community.
During Rosh Hashanah 2014, a firebomb was thrown at the synagogue, without causing any significant damage.
Gallery
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The Holy Ark of the synagogue
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A stained glass window
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Interior
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Outside
See also
References
- ^ "Synagogue in Podil Removes Scaffolding". Jewish Federation of Ukraine.
- ^ "302 File moved". Jewish Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ MacIsaac, Daniel (10 March 2003). "Kyiv Synagogue Reopens". National Conference on Soviet Jewry. Archived from the original on 12 April 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Great Choral Synagogue in Podil, Kyiv (29 Schekovytska Street)". Virtual Shtetl. Poland: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Firebomb thrown at Kiev's oldest synagogue". Times of Israel. Jewish Telegraph Agency. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
External links
- "The Historic Podil Synagogue". Creative Jewish Mom. 6 July 2018.