List of synagogues in Israel
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Center District
- Kehillat YOZMA (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'utModi'in-Maccabim-Re'utModi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut is a city in the Center District of Israel located approximately halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of Modi'in and Maccabim-Re'ut...
) - Achvat Israel (Rishon LeZion)
- Bavat Ayin (Rosh HaAyinRosh HaAyinRosh HaAyin is a city in the Center District of Israel. To the west of Rosh HaAyin is the fortress of Antipatris and the source of the Yarkon River. To the southeast is the fortress of Migdal Afek...
) - Central Synagogue (Rishon LeZion)
- Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism (JaffaJaffaJaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...
) - Kehilat Birkat Shalom (Gezer Regional CouncilGezer Regional CouncilGezer Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. Established in 1949, it had a population of 20,700 in 2006.-List of settlements:The council covers five kibbutzim, 15 moshavim and five communal settlementsKibbutzim...
) - Kehillat Raanan (Ra'ananaRa'ananaRa'anana is a city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel with a population of 68,300, . Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Sava on the east and Herzliya on the southwest...
) - Yeshurun Central SynagogueYeshurun Central SynagogueThe Yeshurun Central Synagogue was the first synagogue to be built in Gedera, Israel during the time of the Biluim. Before the synagogue was built, the first settlers used a shack as a synagogue. The synagogue was built on the same exact spot.-See also:...
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Haifa District
- Central Synagogue (HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
) - Congregation Ohel Avraham (HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
) - Congregation Or Hadash Reform/Progressive (HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
) - Congregation Emet veShalom (NahariyaNahariyaNahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s...
) - Kehillat Sulam Yaakov (Zichron Ya'akov)
- Ohel Ya'akov SynagogueOhel Ya'akov SynagogueOhel Yaakov Synagogue located in Zichron Yaakov, a town in the Haifa District of Israel, was established in 1866 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild....
(Zikhron Ya'aqovZikhron Ya'aqovZikhron Ya'akov is a town in Israel, south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near the coastal highway...
) - Or Hadash (HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
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Jerusalem District
- Great SynagogueGreat Synagogue (Jerusalem)The Great Synagogue of Jerusalem, , is located at 58 King George Street, Jerusalem, Israel. Rabbi Zalman Druck was the spiritual leader from the synagogue's establishment until he died on 11 December 2009. The president of the synagogue is Rabbi Dr. David M...
(Jerusalem) - Hurva SynagogueHurva SynagogueThe Hurva Synagogue, , also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid , is a historic synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem....
(Jerusalem) - Four Sephardic Synagogues (Jerusalem)
- Kehilat Har-El (Jerusalem)
- Kehillat Kol HaNeshama (Baka, JerusalemBaka, JerusalemBaka , , is a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, Israel. The neighborhood is bounded by Talpiot to the south, Mekor Chaim to the west, the Greek Colony and German Colony to the northwest, and Abu Tor to the east.-History:...
) - Kehillat Mevakshei Derech (San SimonSan SimonSan Simon may refer to:*San Simon, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Arizona*San Simón, a municipality in El Salvador*San Simon, Pampanga, a municipality in the Philippines...
) - Ramban SynagogueRamban SynagogueThe Ramban Synagogue , is the oldest active synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was founded by Nahmanides in 1267. Today it is located at the corner of Ha-Yehudim Street and the square in the Jewish Quarter.-Features:The foundation of the building comprises vaults resting on Romanesque and...
(Jerusalem) - Yakar
- new magain shalome synagogue (Jerusalem)
Judea and Samaria District
- Abraham Avinu SynagogueAbraham Avinu SynagogueThe Abraham Avinu Synagogue was built by Hakham Malkiel Ashkenazi in the Jewish Quarter of Hebron in 1540. The domed structure represented the physical center of the Jewish Quarter of Hebron, and became the spiritual center of the Jewish Community there and a major center for the study of Kabalah...
(HebronHebronHebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...
) - Shalom Al Israel synagogueShalom Al Israel synagogueThe Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue, , dates to the late 6th or early 7th century CE and was discovered in Jericho in 1936.-History:...
(JerichoJerichoJericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently...
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North District
- Abuhav SynagogueAbuhav synagogueThe Abuhav Synagogue is located in Safed, Israel. Its architecture is much based on the Kabbalah religion. Synagogues influenced by Kabbalah have the platform for reading of the Torah, also the Bimah in the middle...
(SafedSafedSafed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters...
) - Ramchal SynagogueAl-Muallaq MosqueThe al-Muallaq Mosque also known as the Mosque of Dhaher al-Omar is a mosque in Acre, Israel. It is located on the site of Acre's ancient synagogue.-History:...
(Acre) - Ari Ashkenazi SynagogueAri Ashkenazi SynagogueThe Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue is located in Safed, Israel. Built in the sixteenth century, the synagogue is named after Rabbi Isaac Luria, , who was known as the Ari , an acronym for Adoneinu Rabbeinu Isaac . He was a great kabbalist who arrived in Safed in 1570...
(SafedSafedSafed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters...
) - Beit AlfaBeit AlfaBeit Alfa is a kibbutz in the Northern District of Israel, near the Gilboa ridge.-History:The kibbutz was founded in 1922 by Hashomer Hatzair volunteers. The first members came from Poland. In 1940 some of the members, affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair, moved to Ramat Yohanan kibbutz, in exchange...
(Beit AlfaBeit AlfaBeit Alfa is a kibbutz in the Northern District of Israel, near the Gilboa ridge.-History:The kibbutz was founded in 1922 by Hashomer Hatzair volunteers. The first members came from Poland. In 1940 some of the members, affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair, moved to Ramat Yohanan kibbutz, in exchange...
) - Congregation Yedid Nefesh (KarmielKarmielKarmiel is a city in northern Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre-Safed road, from Safed and from Acre...
) - Peki'in SynagoguePeki'in SynagogueThe Peki’in Synagogue, located in the centre of Peki'in, Northern Israel, is said to have built into its walls two stones taken from the walls of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem...
(Peki'inPeki'inPeki'in or Buqei'a , is a locality, local council in the Northern District of Israel located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee...
) - Shfaram Ancient SynagogueShfaram Ancient SynagogueThe Shfaram synagogue is located in the Israeli-Arab city of Shfaram, Northern Israel.Record of a synagogue in Shfaram dates to the mid-18th century when Bedouin chieftain Dhaher al-Omar gave permission to the Jews to return and renovate the ancient house of prayer there.Shfaram was noted in 1845...
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Tel Aviv District
- Brit Olam Ono (Kiryat Ono, on Ono Academic CollegeOno Academic CollegeOno Academic College is a college located in Kiryat Ono, Israel. Ono currently is capable of granting B.A., LL.B. and M.B.A. degrees. The college has a program that serves the Ultra-orthodox population by allowing men to attend classes on different days than women...
campus) - Darchei Noam (Ramat HaSharonRamat HasharonRamat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area...
) - Great SynagogueGreat Synagogue (Tel Aviv)The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, just east of the Shalom Tower. The building was designed by Yehuda Magidovitch in 1922 and completed in 1926. It was renovated in 1970 with a new external facade of arches....
(Tel AvivTel AvivTel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
) - Hechal Yehuda SynagogueHechal Yehuda SynagogueThe Hechal Yehuda Synagogue , also commonly known as the Recanati synagogue , is one of approximately 500 synagogues in the second largest city of Israel, Tel Aviv. Situated on the Menahem ben Saruq street in the city's centre, it is often referred to as the Seashell Synagogue because of its...
(Tel AvivTel AvivTel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
) - Sha'are Kedem (HerzliyaHerzliyaHerzliya is a city in the central coast of Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a population of 87,000 residents. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
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