Beth El Synagogue (Shanghai)

For similarly named synagogues, see Beth-El.
Beth El Synagogue
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism (former)
RiteNusach Sefard
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue (1887–1920)
Location
LocationPeking Road, Shanghai
CountryChina
Architecture
Date established1887 (as a congregation)
Completed1887
Destroyedc. 1950s

The Beth El Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Shanghai, China.

Jews began to settle in Shanghai in 1848.[1] At that time, most were Sephardic Jews from Baghdad and Bombay.[1] During the 1870s, the Baghdadi Jewish community used rented space for religious worship.[1] Beth El Synagogue was established in 1887.[1] It was located on Peking Road, a major thoroughfare in the English settlement,[2] and was the first formally established Synagogue in Shanghai.[3]: 28 

Jacob Elias and Edward Elias Sassoon built the Ohel Rachel Synagogue to replace Beth El Synagogue; and it opened in March 1920.[1] The synagogue was destroyed, most likely in the 1950s.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Shanghai Jewish History". Shanghai Jewish Center. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Joseph (1906). "Shanghai". In Ezra, N. E. B. (ed.). Jewish Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ Tang, Yating (2025). The Sound of Exile: European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai, 1938-1947. Modern Jewish history. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-5733-0.
  4. ^ Xin, XU (March 2014). "Tracing Judaism in China" (PDF). JISMOR. 8. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

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