Great Synagogue (Bucharest)

Synagogue and Jewish museum, in Bucharest, Romania

Great Synagogue

Romanian: Sinagoga Mare

The façade of the synagogue, in 2011

Religion
Affiliation| Judaism
Rite| Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status|

* Synagogue (since 1847)
* Jewish museum (since YYYY)

Status|

* Active (as a synagogue);
* Repurposed

Location
Location| 11 Vasile Adamache Street, Bucharest
Country| Romania

Location of the synagogue and museum, in Bucharest

Geographic coordinates| 44°25′46″N 26°06′31″E﻿ / ﻿44.42952°N 26.10861°E﻿ / 44.42952; 26.10861
Architecture
Architect(s)|

* Israil Herș (1847)
* Asher Ancel (1847)
* I.B. D'Alfonce de St. Omer (1903)
* Petre Antonescu (1909)
* Jean Locar (1932)

Type| Synagogue architecture
Style| Neoclassical
Date established| 1845 (as a congregation)
Groundbreaking| 1846
Completed| 1847
Materials| Brick
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The Great Synagogue (Romanian: Sinagoga Mare), also known as the Great Polish Synagogue, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 11 Vasile Adamache, in the Old Jewish District of Bucharest, Romania. The synagogue was completed in 1847 by the Polish-Jewish community. The building is also used as a Jewish museum.

## History

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It was repaired in 1865, redesigned in 1903 and 1909, repainted in Rococo style in 1936 by Ghershon Horowitz, then it was restored again in 1945, as it had been devastated by the far-right Legionnaires.

It used to host weekend religious services. Dr. Moses Rosen was former rabbi of the congregation.

## See also

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* Judaism portal
* Romania portal

* History of the Jews in Bucharest
* History of the Jews in Romania
* List of synagogues in Bucharest
* List of synagogues in Romania
* Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom

## References

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1. ^ "Great Synagogue in Bucharest". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

## External links

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Media related to Sinagoga Mare at Wikimedia Commons

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Synagogues in Romania

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* Brașov
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* Choral
* Faith
* Great
* Yeshua Tova
* Cluj-Napoca Neolog
* Great (Iași)
* Reșița
* Satu Mare
* Status Quo Ante
* Timișoara
* Cetate
* Iosefin

Former|

* Bucharest
* Beth Hamidraș
* Grand Spanish
* Jewish Museum
* Malbim
* Spanish Small
* Constanța
* Great
* Sephardic
* Gherla
* Pod Roșu (Iași)
* Fabric (Timișoara)
* Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum

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