Galitska Synagogue

Galitska Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Leadership	Rabbi Yaakov Bleich
Status	Active
Location
Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates	50°26′45″N 30°29′17″E / 50.44583°N 30.48806°E / 50.44583; 30.48806Coordinates: 50°26′45″N 30°29′17″E / 50.44583°N 30.48806°E / 50.44583; 30.48806
Architecture
Style	Moorish Revival
Completed	1909

The Galitska Synagogue is a synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is under the Leadership of the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rabbi Yakkov Bleich.

History[]

The Aesopian synagogue was built in 1909 in a Moorish Revival style. The facade is neo-romanticist, with neo-Byzantine elements. The building was devastated during the World War II by Nazis. For the next fifty years it was used as a workers' canteen of the "Transsignal" electrotechnical plant. It was renovated in 2001 and is active today.

Gallery[]

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  Façade of the building in 1990s when it served as a workers' canteen

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  Prayer hall

See also[]

• History of the Jews in Kyiv

External links[]

• http://www.europeanjewishfund.org/index.php?/member_communities/ukraine/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071201041820/http://www.judaica.kiev.ua/eng/programs-Eng-06/Commun.htm#01
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110610130334/http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/Wkly060811.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071024212057/http://www.vaadua.org/ReportsEngl/2004engl.htm

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