Tifferet Yisrael Synagogue
The Tifferet Yisrael Synagogue ( Hebrew בית הכנסת תפארת ישראל; Yiddish Tiferes Yisroel) was one of the most important synagogues in the old city of Jerusalem in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1843, on the initiative of Israel Back , the owner of the city's first Hebrew printing press, land was purchased and permission was obtained to build the great house of worship for the city's growing Ashkenazi community . Due to financial bottlenecks and delays, the opening did not take place until August 19, 1872.
The synagogue was named after Rabbi Israel Friedmann , ancestor of several Hasidic dynasties, who initiated the construction. The building was also known as Nissan Beck Schul , ( Yiddish ניסן בק שול), after its builder Nissan Beck . It was destroyed during the Palestine War in 1948 and initially not rebuilt.
It was not until 2012 that the Jerusalem city administration announced the reconstruction of the synagogue. The foundation stone of the new building was laid on May 29, 2014.
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- ^ Tifferet Israel Synagogue. (No longer available online.) In: Jerusalem Municipality. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013 ; accessed on April 23, 2017 (English). 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.
- ^ Jerusalem Synagogue Destroyed in 1948 to be Rebuilt. In: Israel Today. May 29, 2014, accessed April 23, 2017 .
