Beth Shalom Synagogue (Athens)
Beth Shalom Synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת בית שלום) is the principal synagogue of Athens, Greece.[2] It was built in 1935[1] of white Pentelic marble, the architecture is an austere Greek Revival style; the building was renovated in 1975.[3] The synagogue is managed by Rabbi Gabriel Negrin, who was elected by the council of Athens’ Jewish community following the death of the long time leader Jacob Arar in 2014.[4]
Beth Shalom Synagogue בית כנסת בית שלום | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
Rite | Sephardic |
Leadership | Rabbi Gabriel Negrin |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 5 Melidoni Street Athens, Greece 105 53 |
Geographic coordinates | 37.9782°N 23.7203°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Emmanuel Lazaridis (1894-1961) |
Type | Greek Revival |
Completed | 1935[1] |
See also
References
- "Jewish Synagogues in Athens". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- "International Survey of Jewish Monuments". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- Nicholas Stavroulakis and Timothy DeVinney, Jewish Sites and Synagogues of Greece," Talos Press, Athens, 1992, p. 47
- Paganos, Sherri Moshman (May 13, 2016). "An Ancient Community Gets a Young Leader". Moment.
Further reading
- Messinas, Elias (2022). The Synagogues of Greece: A Study of Synagogues in Macedonia and Thrace: With Architectural Drawings of all Synagogues of Greece. Seattle: KDP. p. 151. ISBN 979-8-8069-0288-8.
External links
- Media related to Beth Shalom Synagogue, Athens at Wikimedia Commons
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