- Asmara Synagogue
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building_name = Asmara Synagogue
בית הכנסת של אסמרה
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location = Haile Mariam Mammo Street
Flagicon|ERIAsmara ,Eritrea
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religious_affiliation =Orthodox Judaism
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year_completed = 1906
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materials =The Asmara Synagogue ( _he. בית הכנסת של אסמרה, _ar. معبد أسمرا) is the only surviving remnant of the once Jewish community in the country ofEritrea [cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/16910/edition_id/332/format/html/displaystory.html |title=4-member Cohen family is the last of Eritrean Jews |accessdate=2007-05-25 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last=Gutman |first=Matthew |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001-09-21 |year= |month= |format=HTML |work= |publisher=Jewish Telegraph Agency |pages= |language=English |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] . It includes a Jewish cemetery, classrooms and a main sanctuary [cite web |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3246419,00.html |title=Eritrea's last native Jew tends graves, remembers |accessdate=2007-05-25 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-02-05 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Reuters |pages= |language=English |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] . All aspects of the synagogue today are taken care of by Samuel Cohen, an Asmara native who remained in the country to look after it [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4955088.stm |title=Asmara's last Jew recalls 'good old days' |accessdate=2007-05-25 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last=Harris |first=Ed |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-04-30 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=BBC News |pages= |language=English |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] .References
ee also
History of the Jews in Eritrea External links
* [http://www.asmera.nl/asmara-churches.htm Religious sites in Asmara]
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