Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv)

Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv)

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building_name=Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv
(בית כנסת הגדול (תל אביב


caption="The synagogue during the 1930s"
location=110 Allenby Street
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The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, just east of the Shalom Tower. The building was erected in 1926 and renovated in 1970.

The synagogue is constructed with a huge dome and magnificent stained glass windows. The glass windows which are replications of windows of synagogues that were destroyed in Europe during the Holocaust.


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