Beit Medrash Hagadol Synagogue

Beit Medrash Hagadol Synagogue
(White Synagogue of Jonava)
Lithuanian: Beit Midrash Hagadol sinagoga
(Lithuanian: Jonavos Baltoji sinagoga)
The former synagogue in 2011
Religion
AffiliationJudaism (former)
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
StatusAbandoned
Location
Location3 Sodų Street, Jonava, Kaunas District Municipality
CountryLithuania
Beit Medrash Hagadol Synagogue is located in Jonava
Beit Medrash Hagadol Synagogue
Location of the former synagogue in Jonava
Geographic coordinates55°4′9″N 24°16′22″E / 55.06917°N 24.27278°E / 55.06917; 24.27278
Architecture
TypeSynagogue architecture
Style
Completedc. 1850
MaterialsBrick
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The Beit Medrash Hagadol Synagogue (Lithuanian: Beit Midrash Hagadol sinagoga), also known as the White Synagogue of Jonava (Lithuanian: Jonavos Baltoji sinagoga),[3] is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 3 Sodų Street, in Jonava, in the Kaunas District Municipality of Lithuania.

Designed in the Historicist Baroque Revival style, the building was completed in c. 1850 and operated as a synagogue until it was devastated by Nazis during World War II. The building was subsequently used for profane purposes, however has since been abandoned.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Great Beit Midrash in Jonava". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Synagoga (ul. Vlniaus/Sodų)" [Synagogue (Vlniaus/Sodų Street)]. Virtual Shtetl (in Polish). Warsaw: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
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