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The Great Synagogue of Grodno (Belarusian: Харальная сінагога, Горадня, Russian: Большая Хоральная синагога, Гродно), also known as the New Synagogue or the Choral Synagogue, is an Orthodox Hasidic Jewish synagogue, located on Vialikaja Trajeckaja Street, in Grodno (or Hrodna), Belarus.
Jan 15, 2014 · It was late November 2013, and a children’s Chanukah program was scheduled to take place at the nearly 500-year-old Great Choral Synagogue in Grodno, Belarus. But the familiar holiday scene of children cheerfully eating latkes and spinning dreidels would not take place.
- Dovid Margolin
The Great Synagogue of Grodno, also known as the "New Synagogue" or the "Choral Synagogue" is located in Grodno (now known as "Hrodna" in Belarus). In 1572, Prague-born Rabbi Mordechai ben Abraham Jaffe arrived in Grodno. At his initiative, the first brick synagogue was built during the years 1575-1578. However, it burnt down in 1617.
The Great Synagogue of Grodno was built from 1576 to 1580 by Santi Gucci, who designed a Wooden synagogue at Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe's invitation. The synagogue twice totally burned down. Under the supervision of Iya Frunkin, the Jewish community built new synagogue in the eclectic and moorish style from 1902 to 1905.
The Great Synagogue of Grodno, also known as the New Synagogue or the Choral Synagogue, is an Orthodox Hasidic Jewish synagogue, located on Vialikaja Trajeckaja Street, in Grodno, Belarus. The building dates from the 16th century and was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage listing in 2007.
Jul 10, 2008 · The ornate Great Synagogue in Grodno, Belarus, is undergoing a facelift at the behest of the city’s Jewish community.
Grodno (Horodno) is a city in Belarus, formerly Poland-Lithuania. One of the oldest Jewish communities in the former grand duchy of *Lithuania (see *Poland-Lithuania ), the Grodno community received a charter from Grand Duke Wi-told in 1389.
