| New Synagogue | |
| Native Name: | German: Leo Baeck Saal |
| Image Upright: | 1.4 |
| Map Type: | Germany North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Zietenstraße 50, Düsseldorf, Golzheim, North Rhine-Westphalia 40476 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Religious Affiliation: | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite: | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Status: | Synagogue |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Architect: | Hermann Zvi Guttmann |
| Architecture Type: | Synagogue architecture |
| Year Completed: | 1958 |
| Materials: | Concrete |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
The New Synagogue (German: Leo Baeck Saal) is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at Zietenstraße 50, in Düsseldorf, in the Golzheim district of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[2]
The first synagogue, built in 1905,[3] with approximately 1,000 seats, was pillaged and burned by SA men during the Kristallnacht in 1938.[4]
Designed by Hermann Zvi Guttmann, the current synagogue was inaugurated in September 1958 and is named in honour of Rabbi Leo Baeck, who served as a pulpit rabbi in Düsseldorf.[5]
On October 2, 2000, two Arab immigrants committed an arson attack against the synagogue, and the building was firebombed with three Molotov cocktails.[6] Although the perpetrators remained unknown for over two months, most media suspected the attack was done by far-right antisemites.[7] The following day, Paul Spiegel, leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, called for a clear sign of solidarity with the Jewish victims.
The perpetrators, a 20-year-old Palestinian, and a 19-year-old Moroccan, were identified and arrested on December 6, 2000. Both admitted they wanted to protest against the Israeli occupation policy through the attack.
Since 2000, there is a constant police watch over the synagogue.