Sha'ar HaShamayim Synagogue
The Synagogue of the Gate to Heaven ( Hebrew בית הכנסת שער השמים, Arabic كنيس عدلي 'Adly Synagogue'), also known as Ismailia Temple , is a historic synagogue at 17 Adly Street in the Egyptian capital, Cairo .
The architects of the building, which opened in 1899, were Maurice Youssef Cattaui and his partner, the Austro-Hungarian Catholic Eduard Matasek. The synagogue was built in the style of ancient Egyptian temples and was then the largest building on the boulevard. Although it is counted as a Sephardic synagogue, numerous Ashkenazim contributed to its construction and maintenance and were members of the community.
Long-time chief rabbi Chaim Nahum met here on September 10, 1953, the Egyptian coup leader Mohamed Naguib , who had carried out the coup in 1952 with Gamal Abdel Nasser . In the 1960s, however, the situation of the Jews in Egypt worsened and numerous parishioners had to leave the country . This was the last decade when the synagogue was filled with visitors.
The Sha'ar HaShamayim Synagogue was renovated and rededicated in 2007 to mark its 100th anniversary as a place of worship. However, an attack was carried out on the synagogue in 2010 when an incendiary device was thrown at the house from a hotel opposite. The attack failed and there was no damage.
literature
- Rivka Ulmer, “The Sha'ar Ha-Shamayim Synagogue (Keniset Isma'iliyah) in Cairo, Egypt,” in Maven in Blue Jeans: A Festschrift in Honor of Zev Garber (Shofar Suppl .; West Lafayette, in: Purdue University Press , 2009), 431-40.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Samir Raafat: Gates of Heaven. In: Cairo Times. Retrieved November 2, 1999 .
- ↑ a b Bomb hurled at main synagogue in Cairo
- ↑ Egypt Landmarks ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Stern, Yoav: Cairo Synagogue marks 100 years of grandeur and decline. Haaretz, November 4, 2007, accessed March 22, 2011 .
Coordinates: 30 ° 3 ′ 5 " N , 31 ° 14 ′ 37" E