Synagogues of Jerusalem

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This article deals in more detail with some of the notable synagogues of Jerusalem that do not have their own page as yet.

Former synagogues

• Karlin-Stolin Hasidim settled in Jerusalem and by 1874 had established their own synagogue in the Old City. It was named Beis Aharon (House of Aaron) after a work authored by Rabbi Aharon II Perlow of Karlin (1802–1872). After it was destroyed during the 1948 1948 Arab–Israeli War, a new centre was established in Jerusalem's Beis Yisrael
  neighbourhood.

• Chesed El Synagogue, a synagogue located on Chabad Street in the
  kabbalists and had a famous library of Kabbalistic works. The synagogue was active until the fall of the Jewish Quarter during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War when it was taken over by an Arab family. After the Six-Day War the building became the centre of Bnei Akiva and didn't revert to use as a synagogue.^[1]

• "Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue" has been destroyed in 1948, but, as of 2023, is in the process of being rebuilt, much like the Hurva Synagogue.

• Yanina Synagogue, a
  Nahlaot.^[1]

• Ari Synagogue
• Ohr ha-Chaim Synagogue

Old City – Jewish Quarter

Karaite Judaism

• Anan Ben David, the founder of the Karaites
  , is the oldest synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.

• Beit El Synagogues: there are two with this name in Jerusalem, along with the Yeshivat HaMekubalim school of Kabbalah. One is located in the Jewish Quarter, but another one, continuing the same pre-1948 tradition and functioning under the same name (Beit El Synagogue and Yeshivat HaMekubalim), is located in the Ruhama neighbourhood
  of West Jerusalem.
• Four Sephardic Synagogues:
  • Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue, also
    Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai
    Synagogue and Kahal Kadosh Gadol
  • Istanbuli Synagogue
  • Eliahu Ha'navi Synagogue, aka Kahal Talmud Torah
  • Emtsai or Middle Synagogue, aka Kahal Tzion Synagogue
• Hsidi Brsilv Synagogue [he]
• 1947–1949 Palestine war
  . The synagogue was rebuilt in 2010 and is a distinguished feature of Jerusalem's Old City skyline.
• Shklov and after the blessing of consolation recited on Tisha B'Av: "Blessed be He who consoles (menachem) Zion and rebuilds Jerusalem." Rabbi Daniel Sperber
  leads the congregation.
• Ramban Synagogue, the oldest Rabbinic synagogue of the Jewish Quarter
• Sukkat Shalom Synagogue, founded in 1836 by the Perushim of Kollel Hod (HollandDeutschland), in "The Chush" or "the Hush" (חצר החוש), compound of residential courtyards dating from the early 1800s.
• Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue [he]
• Tzuf Dvash Synagogue, a Sephardic synagogue which was founded in 1860
• Western Wall, the holiest Jewish site alongside the Temple Mount, functions as a synagogue including the area beneath Wilson's Arch.

Old City – Muslim Quarter

Orthodox Judaism

• Excellent Zion Synagogue [he]
• Hzon Yehezkel Synagogue
• Igud Lohamay Jerushalaim Ateret Cohanim
• Shomrei HaChomos
  Synagogue or Ungarin Shul (Hungarian synagogue)

New City

• Ades Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community, located in Nachlaot neighborhood, was established by Syrian immigrants in 1901.
• Baka Chabad Center for the English Speaking
• Beis Hamedrash Gur, Geula
• Beit El Synagogue in Ruhama
  neighbourhood: see sister synagogue in the Old City for details.
• Kiryat Belz
  neighbourhood
• Chanichei Yeshivos, Romema
• David's Tomb
• Great Synagogue, on King George Street in central Jerusalem
• Great Sephardic Synagogue [he], Yemin Moshe
• HaNassi Synagogue, Rehavia
• HaTzvi Yisrael Synagogue,
  Talbieh
• Hebrew University, Mount Scopus Campus^[2]
• Heichal Shlomo with its Renanim Synagogue transferred from Padua; King George Street
• Hebrew University
• Italian Synagogue (Jerusalem) [he], Hillel Street
• Kehilas Bnei Torah, Har Nof
• Ohavei Zion Synagogue, Nachlaot. The synagogue was established by Persian immigrants from Shiraz in 1906.
• Or Zaruaa Synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel, Nahlat Ahim neighbourhood, part of Nachlaot
• Shai Agnon Synagogue, Talpiot. The full official Hebrew name is Beth Midrash "Tiferet Yisrael" al Shem Shai Agnon", lit. "House of Learning 'Glory of Israel' in the name of S. Y. Agnon".
• Shir Hadash, Talbiya and German Colony. Shir Hadash is a multi-site Synagogue founded by Rabbi Ian (Haim) Pear.
• Zoharei Chama Synagogue, on Jaffa Road

The

• Yad Tamar Synagogue, Rehavia
• Yakar Synagogue,
  Old Katamon neighborhood, including the Yakar Center for Social Concern and the Center for Arts and Creativity—Anglo and Israeli congregation^[4]
• Yeshurun Synagogue, King George Street

• Conservative Yeshiva
• Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies

Reconstructionist Judaism

• Mevakshay Derekh, Shai Agnon Street

Reform Judaism

• Hebrew Union College
  , King David Street
• Kehillat Har-El, the first Reform synagogue in Jerusalem,^[5][6] on Shmuel haNagid Street
• Kehillat Kol HaNeshama, Reform synagogue in the Baka neighbourhood^[5][7]
• Kehillat Mevakshei Derech, Reform synagogue in the
  San Simon neighbourhood^[5]