Moscow Choral Synagogue
Moscow Choral Synagogue Mocковская хopaльнaя синaгoга | ||
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Year consecrated June 1, 1906 | | |
Status | Active | |
Location | ||
Location | Moscow, Russia | |
Location within Moscow | ||
Geographic coordinates | 55°45′20″N 37°38′7″E / 55.75556°N 37.63528°E | |
Architecture | ||
Architect(s) | Semeon Eibuschitz (design) Roman Klein (completion) | |
Type | Synagogue | |
Style | Eclecticism | |
Groundbreaking | May 28, 1887 | |
Completed | 1906 | |
Website | ||
jewishcom |
The Moscow Choral Synagogue (
History
The synagogue is located close to the former Jewish settlement in
During the Russian Revolution of 1905, the Czarist government was forced to lift all bans on worship, so Jews, Old Believers, and other minority faith groups were free to build their places of worship anywhere. Eibuschitz had died in 1898, and so the community hired architect Roman Klein to finish the construction. The synagogue opened in 1906. It operated throughout the Soviet period, although authorities annexed some parts of the original building for secular purposes in 1923 and 1960.
In October, 1948,
When the final illness of Joseph Stalin was announced in March 1953, the chief rabbi held a special service and called for fasting and prayer that the dictator might recover.[3]
The synagogue has been recently restored. Since 1990, it has been known for the Turetsky Choir Art Group.
Rabbis
The chief Moscow rabbi up to 1938,
- Yehuda Leib Levin, ? - 1971.[5]
- Yakov Fishman, 1972-1983.[5][6][7]
- Adolf Shayevich, since 1983.[7]
See also
- Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg
- Kharkiv Choral Synagogue
Notes
- ^ Moscow Choral Synagogue: Our Community
- ^ Yossi Goldstein, "Doomed to Fail: Golda Meir's Mission to Moscow (Part 1)", The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs Vol. 5 No. 3 (September 2011), pg. 131
- ^ Rubentein, Joshua (31 May 2016). The Last Days of Stalin (Kindle ed.). Yale University Press).
- ^ E.M. Rabinovich (February 1999), "Sentence - Execution", Moment
- ^ a b THEODORE SHABAD (June 4, 1972), "MOSCOW'S JEWS GET A NEW RABBI; Post at Central Synagogue Is Filled After 6 Months", The New York Times
- ^ News in Brief - Los Angeles Times - Jun 4, 1972
- ^ a b Anthony Barbieri, Jr. (Jun 9, 1983), "Death Frees Moscow's Rabbi", Spokane Chronicle
References
- Улицкий, Е.Н., "История Московской еврейской общины: Документы и материалы (XVIII - начало ХХ в.)", М, КРПА ОЛИМП, 2006
- Лобовская, М.И., "История Московской хоральной синагоги", М, Дом еврейской книги, 2006
External links
- Moscow Choral Synagogue Official website
- (in Russian) History, the Jewish Congress