East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Australia

7 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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The East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (Hebrew: Mickva Yisrael), also known as East Melbourne Shule, East Melbourne Synagogue, Melbourne City Synagogue or City of Melbourne Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and historically significant synagogue, located in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The synagogue, consecrated in 1877, is the oldest in Melbourne.   read more…

Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem

30 June 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue model © Talmoryair/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue (Ashkenazi Hebrew: Tiferes Yisroel), most often spelled Tiferet Israel, also known as the Nisan Bak Shul, after its co-founder, Nisan Bak, is a former prominent Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Designed by Nisan Bak, the former synagogue was completed in 1872 and partially destroyed in 1948.   read more…

White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław

4 June 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

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The White Stork Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Pod Białym Bocianem) is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Wrocław, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Carl Ferdinand Langhans in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1829, the synagogue is located in the city’s center, which was the northern edge of the former Jewish district.   read more…

Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

26 May 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  6 minutes

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The Capital Jewish Museum, officially the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, is a historical society and museum in Washington, D.C., focused on the history of Jewish life in the American capital city and the surrounding Washington metropolitan area.   read more…

Grindel in Hamburg

10 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hamburg, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  10 minutes

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Hamburg Kammerspiele (theatre) © Martin Petersen/cc-by-a-3.0

The Grindel is a quarter in the Hamburg-Rotherbaum district with its centre at Allende-Platz (formerly: Bornplatz) and the area of ​​Grindelberg to the north, which today belongs to the Harvestehude district. Documentary mentions of the former forest and wetland west of the (later built) Dammtor can be found from the 14th century onwards. The main building of the University of Hamburg is located near the Dammtor train station, not far from the main campus (Von-Melle-Park) with the Hamburg State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky, the Audimax and several other teaching buildings. On the other side of Grindelallee, other teaching buildings are grouped around Martin-Luther-King-Platz. The Geomatikum near the Schlump underground station forms the end in the west.   read more…

Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Manhattan

30 March 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City Reading Time:  6 minutes

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The Congregation Shearith Israel (lit.: Congregation Remnant of Israel), often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2 West 70th Street, at Central Park West, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.   read more…

New Synagogue in Dessau

17 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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The New Synagogue, also known as the Weill Synagogue, is a Jewish place of worship in the city center of Dessau. It is the first newly built synagogue in the state of Saxony-Anhalt since German reunification.   read more…

House of One in Berlin

24 December 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Berlin Reading Time:  8 minutes

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House of One model © Thaler Tamas/cc-by-sa-4.0

The House of One is a religious structure being built in Berlin. It will be the world’s first house of prayer for three religions, containing a church, a mosque, and a synagogue. The construction costs, which are estimated at 43.5 million euros, come roughly equally from the federal government, the city of Berlin as well as donations and a crowdfunding campaign.   read more…

Cetate Synagogue in Timișoara

20 November 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© flickr.com – Fred Romero/cc-by-2.0

Cetate Synagogue (Romanian: Sinagoga din Cetate or Sinagoga Cultului Mozaic Neolog) is a Jewish place of worship in Timișoara, Western Romania, located on Mărășești Street in the Cetate district. It was built between 1863 and 1865 in an eclectic style with Moorish elements. It is inscribed in the list of historical monuments in Timiș County. The synagogue reopened for the public in 2022.   read more…

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