Tzedek ve-Shalom explained

Tzedek ve-Shalom also written as Zedek ve Shalom, (Peace and Justice) is a historic synagogue in Paramaribo, Suriname.[1] It was built for a Sephardic congregation in 1736. The synagogue stopped being used in 1999 when the area's remaining Jewish residents combined congregations at Neveh Shalom Synagogue. It is being used as a computer repair store. Its furnishings are in the collection of the Israel Museum.[2]

The building is sited in a large courtyard, built of wood in a Neoclassical architecture style with arched windows and bench seating, and painted white. It has a wide basilica-like hall with a tevah (reader's platform) opposite the heikhal (Torah ark). Decoration included brass chandeliers from the Netherlands. It has a sandy floor.[3]

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  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=mMu7BwAAQBAJ&dq=Zedek+ve+Shalom&pg=PT320 Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World: A Social and Architectural History
  2. News: Stanley Fischer Takes Israel Donors on Synagogue Tour. Bloomberg. 26 May 2021.
  3. http://www.imj.org.il/imagine/galleries/viewItemE.asp?case=31&itemNum=380506 Tzedek ve-Shalom Synagogue