Tallinn Synagogue Explained

Building Name:Tallinn Synagogue
Native Name:Estonian: Tallinna sünagoog
Image Upright:1.4
Location:Tallinn
Country:Estonia
Map Type:Estonia Tallinn
Map Size:250px
Map Relief:1
Religious Affiliation:Orthodox Judaism
Status:Synagogue
Functional Status:Active
Leadership:Rabbi Shmuel Kot
Architect:KOKO Architects
Architecture Type:Synagogue architecture
Architecture Style:Modernist
Year Completed:2007
Construction Cost:$4 million
Capacity:180
Materials:Glass and concrete

Tallinn Synagogue, (Estonian: Tallinna sünagoog), also known as Beit Bella Synagogue,[1] is located in Tallinn, Estonia.

The privately funded synagogue in central Tallinn was inaugurated on May 16, 2007. The building is an ultramodern, airy structure, which can seat 180 people[2] with additional seating for up to 230 people for concerts and other public events. It received global attention as it was the first synagogue to open in Estonia since World War II.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Other synagogues in Estonia

The original Great Synagogue of Tallinn, built in 1883, was not rebuilt after being destroyed in March 1944 during a Soviet air bombing raid on Tallinn, which at the time was occupied by Nazi Germany - the city then became the only post-war European capital without a synagogue. The Tartu Synagogue, located in Tartu, a university city in southeastern Estonia and the second largest city in Estonia, was also destroyed during World War II.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Euro-Asian Jewish Congress . May 18, 2007 . Estonia's Only Synagogue Opened in Tallinn . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223434/http://www.eajc.org/anons_gen_e.php?id=271 . 2007-09-27 .
  2. Web site: Estonia opens first new synagogue . 2007-05-22 . Jackson . Patrick . May 16, 2007 . .
  3. Web site: Estonia's first synagogue since World War II opens . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000451/http://ejpress.org/article/16842 . 2007-09-27 . European Jewish Press .
  4. Web site: Synagogue set to open in Estonia for first time since Holocaust . Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS . https://web.archive.org/web/20070523203302/http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=518574 . 2007-05-23 .
  5. Web site: First Post-World War Two Synagogue Opened in Tallinn, Estonia . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927120952/http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=831 . 2007-09-27 .
  6. Web site: Estonia's Jews set to inaugurate new Tallinn synagogue . . 2007-05-15 .
  7. Web site: Peres, Metzger Attend Opening of First Estonian Synagogue . .
  8. Web site: Synagogue set to open in Estonia for first time since Holocaust . .
  9. Web site: Estonia opens synagogue for first time since Nazi era . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070816174823/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2553936.ece . 2007-08-16 .
  10. Web site: Estonia Jews to get first synagogue . .