Tallinn Synagogue

Infobox religious building
building_name= Tallinn Synagogue


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location=Flagicon|EST Tallinn, Estonia
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religious_affiliation=Orthodox Judaism
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functional_status=Active
leadership= Rabbi Shmuel Kot
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architecture_style=Modern
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year_completed=2007
construction_cost=$2,000,000
architect=Kaur Stoor and Tõnis Kimmel
capacity= 180
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materials=Glass and concrete

Tallinn Synagogue, ( _et. Tallinna sünagoog), also known as Beit Bella Synagogue, [Euro-Asian Jewish Congress May 18, 2007: [http://www.eajc.org/anons_gen_e.php?id=271 Estonia's Only Synagogue Opened in Tallinn] ] is located in Estonia’s capital city. The privately funded synagogue in central Tallinn was inaugurated on May 16, 2007. The building is an ultramodern, airy structure, which can seat 180 people [cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6660789.stm
title = Estonia opens first new synagogue
accessdate = 2007-05-22
last = Jackson
first = Patrick
date = May 16, 2007
publisher = BBC] with additional seating for up to 230 people for concerts and other public events. It received global attention as it was the first synagogue to open in Estonia since World War II.

The original synagogue, built in 1883, was not rebuilt after being destroyed in March 1944 during a Soviet air bombing raid on Tallinn, which at the time was occupied by Nazi Germany - the city then became the only post-war European capital without a synagogue. Tartu, a university town in southeastern Estonia and the second largest city in Estonia, also had a synagogue which was destroyed during World War II.

ee also

*History of the Jews in Estonia

References

External links

* [http://ejpress.org/article/16842 Estonia's first synagogue since World War II opens] , "European Jewish Press"
* [http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=518574 Synagogue set to open in Estonia for first time since Holocaust] , "Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS"
* [http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=831 First Post-World War Two Synagogue Opened in Tallinn, Estonia] , "European Jewish Congress"
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/europe/EU-REL-Estonia-New-Synagogue.php Estonia's Jews set to inaugurate new Tallinn synagogue] , "International Herald Tribune"
* [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122504 Peres, Metzger Attend Opening of First Estonian Synagogue] , "Arutz 7"
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/858105.html Synagogue set to open in Estonia for first time since Holocaust] , "Haaretz"
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2553936.ece Estonia opens synagogue for first time since Nazi era] , "The Independent"
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8E844DB1-C5F4-454F-843F-77290323D846.htm Estonia Jews to get first synagogue] , "Aljazeera.net"