Synagogue on Rue Copernic

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Sign above the house entrance, Rue Copernic

The Synagogue of Rue Copernic or Synagogue of the Union Libérale Israélite de France ( ULIF ) is a synagogue of liberal Judaism and is located at 24 Rue Copernic in the 16th arrondissement of Paris . The closest metro station is Victor Hugo on line 2 .

history

One of the founders of liberal Judaism in France was Alphonse Pereyra. In 1902, against the resistance of the consistory, he set up a prayer room in his house at 17 Rue Greuze . When the consistories were dissolved by the law separating church and state , the Union Libérale Israélite de France (Liberal Israelite Association of France, ULIF) was created in 1907 . She rented a hotel particulier next to a water reservoir in Rue Copernic to set up a prayer room and brought Rabbi Louis-Germain Lévy, who previously worked in Dijon , into the community. On December 1, 1907, on the occasion of the Hanukkah festival , the new prayer room was inaugurated. Rabbi Lévy formulated the principles of unification, the reconciliation of tradition and progress, of faith and reason and the opening up to all spiritual currents. The representatives of liberal Judaism adopted Sunday as a holiday and French as the language for worship. They abolished the division between men and women, allowed mixed marriages, and left the faithful to choose for or against circumcision . The liberal aspirations contributed significantly to the assimilation of the Jews. In 1921 the ULIF bought the building on rue Copernic with the plan to build a synagogue in the courtyard. She commissioned the architect Marcel Lemarié , who carried out the construction from 1923 to 1924. In 1968 the ULIF bought the ground floor of the neighboring house, Rue Copernic No. 22, and had the synagogue enlarged. The building was raised by two floors to accommodate offices and classrooms. The old prayer room was preserved, it is used as a room for the kiddush .

Synagogue on Rue Copernic, view of Bima and Torah shrine

architecture

The synagogue is built on a rectangular floor plan. The bima is in front of the Torah shrine . The interior is designed in Art Deco . Friezes with floral motifs and a Hebrew inscription with gilded letters are still preserved from the original decor. A skylight window and a windowed dome illuminate the room.

Assassinations

During the attacks on synagogues in Paris on October 3, 1941, the synagogue on Rue Copernic was bombed. On October 3, 1980, a Friday evening on which Simchat Torah was celebrated, four people were killed and 46 injured in a Palestinian terrorist attack.

literature

  • Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris . Editions Hervas, Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , p. 771.
  • Dominique Jarrassé: Guide du Patrimoine Juif Parisien . Parigramme, Paris 2003, ISBN 978-2-84096-247-2 , pp. 129-131.

Web links

Commons : Synagogue of Rue Copernic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 9.8 "  N , 2 ° 17 ′ 19.8"  E