Union Libérale Israélite de France synagogue, Paris

The Union Libérale Israélite de France (ULIF), commonly referred to as the rue Copernic synagogue, is a Liberal Jewish synagogue, located in Paris, France. Inaugurated on the first of December 1907, it is the oldest Reform synagogue in France.

History

The synagogue was damaged in a fascist riot in 1941, but was repaired after the war.[1]

1980 attack

On October 3, 1980, on the eve of Simchat Torah, a bombing was directed against the synagogue of the ULIF. A bomb hidden in a motorcycle went off outside the synagogue, killing four pedestrians.[2]

The bombing was the start of a string of other attacks by terrorists against Jews in Europe. In August 1981, a synagogue in Vienna, Austria, was attacked by Palestinian gunmen, killing two people, and in October 1981, three people were killed when a bomb went off in the center of Antwerp, Belgium.[3]

Leadership

Rabbi Louis Germain Levy (1870-1946) trained at the Seminaire Israelite de France served as its first rabbi.[4]

Rabbi Levy was succeeded by Rabbi Andre Chalom Zaoui (1916-2009) in 1946.[5]

In 1970, Rabbi Daniel Farhi (1941-2021) was appointed the new senior rabbi and left ULIF in 1977 to create the second Reform synagogue of Paris, Mouvement Juif Liberal de France.[6] Rabbi Michael Williams assumed the spiritual leadership of the community in 1977.[7]

Since 2014, Philippe Haddad (ordained by the Seminaire Israelite de France)[8] and Jonas Jacquelin (ordained by Abraham Geiger Kolleg) are its new rabbinic leaders.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning, Carol Herselle Krinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, Dover Publications, 1996, p. 253
  2. ↑ Jewish Virtual History Tour, France
  3. ↑ "Jewish Targets: Recent Attacks". The New York Times. September 7, 1985.
  4. ↑ "Europe Report: Flourishing in France", by Bernard Edinger, Reform Judaism, Spring 2008 "Reform Judaism Magazine - Europe Report: Flourishing in France". Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Laura, Hobson Faure. Renaître sous les auspices américains et britanniques: le mouvement libéral juif en France après la Shoah (1944-1970). Vol. 40. p. 82. doi:10.3917/aj.402.0082. ISSN 0003-9837. OCLC 922948459.
  6. ↑ Staff, Par Times of Israel. "Décès du rabbin Daniel Farhi, fondateur du Mouvement juif libéral de France". fr.timesofisrael.com (in French). Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ Allouche-Benayoun, Joëlle (2006). "Comment être juif croyant et moderne dans la France d'aujourd'hui ?". Sociétés (in French). 92 (2): 5. doi:10.3917/soc.092.05. ISSN 0765-3697.
  8. ↑ Staff, Par Times of Israel. "Le rabbin Philippe Haddad, lauréat du prix 2020 de l'Amitié judéo-chrétienne". fr.timesofisrael.com (in French). Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  9. ↑ "L'ULIF a choisi Philippe Haddad et Jonas Jacquelin comme nouveaux rabbins". Crif - Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (in French). September 8, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2023.

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