Building Name: | Sinagoga de la Nueva Congregación Israelita |
Location: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Religious Affiliation: | Conservative Judaism |
Status: | Active |
The Synagogue of the New Jewish Congregation (Spanish; Castilian: Sinagoga de la Nueva Congregación Israelita, often known by its acronym NCI) is a synagogue in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
The New Jewish Congregation was founded in 1936 mostly by German and Austrian Jews who fled Nazism. It established two synagogues, the big one on Wilson Ferreira Aldunate Street is Conservative, the smaller one was Orthodox.[2]
In the 21st century, a new Temple was established in the neighbourhood of Pocitos, at Cipriano Payán street.[3]