Tzedek ve-Shalom | |
Image Upright: | 1.4 |
Rite: | Nusach Sefard |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Functional Status: | Closed; Repurposed |
Location: | Paramaribo |
Country: | Suriname |
Map Type: | Suriname |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Architecture Type: | Synagogue architecture |
Architecture Style: | Neoclassical |
Year Completed: | 1736 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
The Tzedek ve-Shalom, also written as Zedek ve Shalom, (Peace and Justice) is a historic former Jewish synagogue, that is located 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 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]