| New Synagogue | |
| Native Name: | Polish: Nowa Synagoga |
| Image Upright: | 1.4 |
| Rite: | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Festivals: | --> |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Functional Status: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets, Tarnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship |
| Country: | Poland |
| Map Type: | Poland Lesser Poland Voivodeship |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 50.0142°N 20.9908°W |
| Architect: | Władysław Ekielski |
| Architecture Type: | Synagogue architecture |
| Architecture Style: | Moorish Revival |
| Groundbreaking: | 1865 |
| Year Completed: | 1908 |
| Date Destroyed: | November 1939 |
| Dome Quantity: | One |
| Materials: | Brick |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
The New Synagogue (Polish: Nowa Synagoga), officially the New Synagogue of Tłomackie, was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on the corner of Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets, in Tarnów, in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.
The synagogue was designed by Władysław Ekielski in the Moorish Revival style, commenced in 1865 and completed in 1908, the lack of funds delayed timely construction. The synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was set on fire by the Nazis in November 1939. The fire lasted three days but the building did not collapse; it was blown up instead.[2]
The only remnant of the synagogue, a pillar, was preserved as an element of the monument in the Jewish cemetery in Tarnów. In September 1993, the Committee for the Protection of Monuments of Jewish Culture from Tarnów placed a plaque on a building at the corner of Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets. The inscription, in Polish and Hebrew, reads:[2]