Great Synagogue (Jasło) Explained

Great Synagogue
Native Name:pl|Wielka Synagoga w Jaśle
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Organizational Status:-->
Functional Status:Destroyed
Location:Karol Szajnocha Street, Szajnocha Square, Jasło, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Country:Poland
Map Type:Poland Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Map Size:250
Map Relief:1
Coordinates:49.7486°N 21.4711°W
Architecture Type:Synagogue architecture
Year Completed:1905
Date Destroyed:Yom Kippur 1939
Materials:Brick
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The Great Synagogue (pl|Wielka Synagoga w Jaśle) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Karol Szajnocha Street, in the Szajnocha Square, in Jasło, in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship of Poland. Completed in 1905, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on Yom Kippur in 1939.[1] [2] [3]

History

After World War II, a restaurant was built on the site.

A replica façade of the former Jasło Synagogue was included in the rebuild of the Forest Hill Jewish Centre, on Spadina Road in Toronto, Canada.[4] [5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jasło – The Great Synaggue . Virtual Sztetl . POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews . Warsaw . 2017 . 26 July 2024 .
  2. Book: Rappoport, Rabbi Dr. Itzhak . Chapter 18: The Synagogue . History of the Jews of Jaslo . 44-47 . JewishGen

    Yizkor Book Project

    . 26 July 2024 .
  3. Book: Mendys, Wladyslaw . Hendry, Monika . The Jewish Community in Old Jasło . The Socio-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland . Jasło . pl . 1992 . JewishGen

    KahilaLink

    . 26 July 2024 .
  4. Web site: Jaslo Synagogue . 2006 . Forest Hill Jewish Centre. 1 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619122206/http://www.foresthilljewishcentre.com/jaslo.asp . 19 June 2009.
  5. Web site: Grand Opening . Forest Hill Jewish Centre .