Great Synagogue of Europe
- Great Synagogue of Europe
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location=32 Rue de la Regence
Flagicon|BEL Brussels, Belgium
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religious_affiliation=Judaism
district=City of Brussels
functional_status=Active
leadership=Albert Guigui
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architecture_style=Romanesque revival
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architect=Desire De Keyser
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materials=The Great Synagogue of Europe (formerly the Great Synagogue of Brussels) is the main synagogue in Brussels, Belgium which was dedicated as a focal point for European Jews in 2008.
The building was designed in 1875 in a Romanesque-Byzantine style by the architect Desire De Keyser and constructed in 1878. It is located at 32 Rue de la Regence in Brussels. The synagogue survived the Holocaust in which 25,000 Belgian Jews died. Its chief rabbi is Albert Guigui and there are approximately 15000 persons of Jewish faith in the city (as of 2008).[ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7435232.stm New status for Brussels synagogue] BBC News 2008-06-04] [ [http://www.brusselspictures.com/tag/great-synagogue/ Grande Synagogue de Bruxelles] , Brussels Pictures 2008-02-03] ]It was dedicated as the "Great Synagogue of Europe" on 4 June 2008 by President Jose Manuel Barroso and two of Europe's leading rabbis who signed a document of dedication. The ceremony also involved signing by the "European Choir" and the reading of a "Prayer for Europe". They prayer wished for EU leaders to act justly in creating a "spiritual union" and to ask for happiness for European citizens.[Runner, Philippa (2008-06-04) [http://euobserver.com/9/26268 Barroso to inaugurate European synagogue] , EU Observer] ]The act was of a more political nature, as in the 19th century, responding to the Age of Enlightenment, Great Synagogues were built in many capitals of Europe to show that Jews were full and free citizens. This is something the Jewish community now wished to show at a European level.
ee also
* Religion in the European Union
* History of the Jews in Europe
* Conference of European Rabbis
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