Great Synagogue of Oran

Great Synagogue of Oran

Infobox religious building
building_name=Great Synagogue of Oran


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location=Flagicon|ALG Oran, Algeria
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religious_affiliation=Orthodox Judaism
rite=Sephardic
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functional_status=Mosque
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architecture_style=Moorish
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year_completed=1918, ceased functioning as a synagogue in 1975
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materials=Construction of the Great Synagogue of Oran ( _fr. Grande synagogue d'Oran, _ar. معبد وهران العظيم), Algeria, started in 1880 at the initiative of Simon Kanoui, but its inauguration took place only in 1918. Also known as Temple Israelite, it was located on the former Boulevard Joffre, currently Boulevard Maata Mohamed El Habib. It was one of the largest and most superb synagogues in North Africa. After Algerian independence and the Ethnic cleansing of the Jews, the synagogue was confiscated and converted into a mosque in 1975.

ee also

*History of the Jews in Algeria

External links

* [http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/Oran.asp The Jewish Community of Oran]


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