"Beth Hamidraș" Temple, Beit Hamidrash Synagogue, on 78 Calea Moșilor, Bucharest, January 1941.
"Beth Hamidraș" Temple, 2010, Star of David.
"Beth Hamidraș" Temple, 2011.

Beth Hamidraș Temple also Beit Hamidrash, was a Jewish synagogue that was located at 78 Calea Moșilor, in Bucharest, Romania.

History

Founded in 1781, the synagogue was located in a building given by a Jewish woman; initially, it was named after her and her husband's name, Bet Hamidraș – Naftale and Taube Synagogue. The building was also known as the Bet Hamidraș Vechi (English: the Old Bet Hamidraș) or the Sinagoga de la Sfântu Gheorghe (English: the Synagogue at St. George).[1]

The synagogue was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in 1941. The building was "burnt while the believers were attending the religious service".[2] It was burnt "when 23 faithful caught inside during the religious service were killed".[3]

The synagogue was restored in 1947, however, today the building serves as warehouse.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bucharestian: The Jewish District from Dristor to Piata Unirii". Bucharestian.com.
  2. ↑ Anca Ciuciu, Images of Bucharest Pogrom (21st - 23rd January 1941), in Holocaust. Bucharest 2010, p. 47. Studii şi cercetări (Revista Institutului Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului in România "Elie Wiesel" & Institutul European), vol. II, nr. 1 (3), București, 2010, pp. 37 – 57 online
  3. ↑ "Bucharestian: The Jewish District from Dristor to Piata Unirii". Bucharestian.com.
  4. ↑ Anca Ciuciu, Images of Bucharest Pogrom (21st - 23rd January 1941), in Holocaust. Bucharest online

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