Menorah Center
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '50 " N , 35 ° 3' 11.5" E
The Menorah Center ( Russian Еврейский общественный центр "Менора", Russian for short Центр "Менора" ) is a multifunctional Jewish cultural center in the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro that opened on October 21, 2012 .
The Menorah Center is home to a hotel, a hostel, a concert hall, a gallery, a kosher restaurant and a museum on "Jewish history and the Holocaust in Ukraine". With its total area of 50,000 m² - of which the actual building occupies 32,000 m² - it is considered the largest Jewish center in the world.
The center has 7 towers based on the eponymous Menorah , which encircle the city's Golden Rose Synagogue . The $ 60 million complex was financed by Hennadij Boholjubow (mainly through his Bogolyubov Foundation) - President of the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish Community and Chairman of the Ukrainian Jewish Congress - and Ihor Kolomojskyj - President of the European Jewish Union and the United Jewish Community of Ukraine - Both are owners of the private group they founded and in particular the largest Ukrainian bank " PrivatBank ".
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- ↑ a b The Menorah Center ( Memento of November 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 1, 2013
- ↑ a b c World’s Largest Jewish Center Opens in Dnepropetrovsk , at chabad.org, accessed July 1, 2013
- ↑ Менора, многофункциональный центр , on gorod.dp.ua, accessed July 1, 2013
- ↑ New beacon spurs revival of Jewish life in Dnipropetrovsk , KyivPost article from November 22, 2012, accessed on July 1, 2013
- ↑ World's largest Jewish center opens in Ukraine , article on thejc.com of October 18, 2012, accessed July 1, 2013
- ^ Homepage of the Menorah Center , accessed July 1, 2013