Synagogue on rue de la Roquette
The synagogue of the Rue de la Roquette , also known as the Synagogue Don Isaac Abravanel , is a synagogue of the Sephardic rite and is located at 84-86 Rue de la Roquette, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris . It was built in 1962 after numerous North African Jews immigrated from the Maghreb states of Morocco , Algeria and Tunisia .
history
At the beginning of the 20th century, many Jews from Egypt , Turkey and Saloniki settled in the neighborhood around Rue Popincourt and Rue Sedaine, near the Place de la Bastille . In 1909 a prayer room was set up in a back room of the Le Bosphore café on Rue Sedaine. The ceremonies were held in Hebrew and Ladino . In 1913, at 7 rue Popincourt, on the site of a former cinema, the Al Syete synagogue (at seven) was built and was in use until the mid-1960s.
In 1922 the Association cultuelle orientale israélite under its then President Nissim Rozanès bought the site in the Rue de la Roquette to build a synagogue and a war memorial for the oriental Jews . Although 400,000 francs were raised in donations, only the war memorial was realized in 1935. The present synagogue was not built until 1962, according to the plans of the architects Arthur Héaume and Alexandre Persitz. The latter also designed the Mémorial de la Shoah (Shoah memorial) in Paris.
On April 1, 1962, the synagogue was inaugurated and named after Isaak Abrabanel (Don Isaac Abravanel) (1437-1508), a Bible exegete and writer of philosophical writings, who was a financier in the service of the Portuguese kings and the Catholic kings of Spain . Today the synagogue is mainly visited by North African Jews.
architecture
The building is a modern construction made of glass and reinforced concrete . It is separated from the street by a forecourt enclosed by a grating. Here, memorial plaques remind of the oriental Jews who died as volunteers in the First World War , the fallen of the Second World War and those murdered under the Vichy regime .
The facade consists of a concrete wall pierced with stars of David . Above the entrance are the black marble tablets with gilded letters and the text engraved in French.
The interior has 350 seats. It is divided into four bays by slender columns that support the women's galleries. The concrete ceiling is designed in the form of an accordion and is reminiscent of the Mischkan , the tent in which the Ark of the Covenant was housed according to the Old Testament . As is customary for Orthodox synagogues, the bima is in the center of the room. The Torah shrine is embedded in the paneling. It is crowned by a Star of David and the tablets of the Law.
literature
- Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris . Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , p. 772.
- Dominique Jarrassé: Guide du Patrimoine Juif Parisien . Parigramme, Paris 2003, ISBN 978-2-84096-247-2 , pp. 137-139.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '21.5 " N , 2 ° 22' 34.5" E
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