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Halytska Synagogue
The restored synagogue in 2012
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1910–1930) Workers' canteen (1930s–c. 2000) Synagogue (since 2004)
Ownership	Rabbi Yaakov Bleich Chief Rabbi of Ukraine
Leadership	Rabbi Yaakov Bleich Chief Rabbi of Ukraine
Status	Active
Location
Location	97a Zhylianska Street, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
Country	Ukraine
Location of the synagogue in Ukraine
Geographic coordinates	50°26′45″N 30°29′17″E / 50.44583°N 30.48806°E / 50.44583; 30.48806
Architecture
Architect(s)	Fedir Mefodiovich Oltarzhevsky
Type	Aesopian synagogue architecture
Style	Moorish Revival Romanesque Revival Byzantine Revival
Completed	1909; 2004 (restoration)

The Halytska Synagogue, also called the Galitska Synagogue or Beit Yaakov Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at 97a Zhylianska Street, in Kyiv, in the Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

History

The Aesopian synagogue was built in 1909 in a Moorish Revival style. The façade is Romanesque Revival, with Byzantine Revival elements. The building was devastated during the World War II by Nazis. For the next fifty years it was used as a workers' canteen of the "Transsignal" electrotechnical plant.

From 2002 to 2004, the building was restored and, as of February 2022, it was reported as being active. Since the synagogue's restoration, the Jewish Agency established Midrasha Tzionit, a learning center located at the synagogue. The Zionist learning center has afternoon and evening courses on key aspects of Jewish history, tradition, and ideology, including Hebrew and Tanakh classes.

Gallery

• Building façade in 1990s when it served as a workers' canteen
• Prayer hall

See also

• History of the Jews in Kyiv
• History of the Jews in Ukraine
• List of synagogues in Ukraine

References

1. "Halytska (Beit Yaakov) Synagogue in Kyiv". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
2. "Galitska Synagogue in Kyiv (97a Zhylianska Street)". Virtual Shtetl. Poland: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
3. "Our Mishpocha In Ukraine". Marc's Remarks. Tigard, Oregon, USA: Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
4. Goldschmidt, R. Pinchas (4 February 2011). "Jewish Religious Education In The CIS: History and Development Trends". Jews in Eurasia. Moscow: Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
5. "RABBI ELISHA HENKIN: THE ALMIGHTY WAS THE FIRST ZIONIST". Jewish News. The Jewish Agency for Israel. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

External links

• "Ukraine". European Jewish Fund. n.d. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
• "Center of Jewish and Israeli History and Culture on the basis of the Galitska Synagogue. Jointly with the Midrash Tzionit Educational Center". EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. Kyiv, Ukraane: Judaica Institute. n.d. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007.
• "Weekly News Brief: Index of articles" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: NJSJ. 11 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011.
• "Community Report on the Activities of the VAAD of Ukraine in 2004". VAAD of Ukraine: The Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Ukraine. 2004. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.

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