The Jonava Synagogue of Merchants (Lithuanian: Jonavos pirklių sinagoga) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 28 Klaipėdos Street, in Jonava, in the Kaunas District Municipality of Lithuania.
| Jonava Synagogue of Merchants | |
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Lithuanian: Jonavos pirklių sinagoga | |
 The former synagogue, in 2010 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
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| Location | |
| Location | 28 Klaipėdos Street, Jonava, Kaunas District Municipality |
| Country | Lithuania |
  Location of the former synagogue in Jonava | |
| Geographic coordinates | 55°04′17″N 24°16′33″E / 55.07139°N 24.27583°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Historicist |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Materials | Brick |
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Designed in the Historicist style, the building was completed in 1905 and operated as a synagogue until it was devastated by Nazis during World War II. The building was subsequently used for profane purposes, and has since been repurposed as a shop.[1]
History
editIn 1941 80% of Jonava's population was Jewish and town had seven synagogues.[3] The Jonava Synagogue of Merchants together with the Beit Medrash Hagadol Synagogue are the only remaining synagogues in the town; and both are not in use. The other synagogues were destroyed when Jonava was attacked by Nazi Germany.[4][5]
A commemorative plaque was affixed to the side of the building in 2000.[5]
As of 2015[update], the appearance of the synagogue differed significantly from its original appearance and was much smaller.[2] At that time it had been repurposed as a shop.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Kloiz of peddlers in Jonava". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ a b "Synagoga przy ul. Klaipėdos 28" [Synagogue at Klaipėdos Street 28]. Virtual Shtetl (in Polish). Warsaw: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ Melamed, Frances. "Janova". KehiliaLinks. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Žydų paveldo objektų Jonavoje žemėlapis" (PDF). Jonava Museum (in Lithuanian). August 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
External links
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