Hurva Synagogue

Old City of Jerusalem, Palestine

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Hurva Synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue rebuilt in Byzantine Revival style and dedicated in 2010. The structure stands 24 meters tall and is designated a heritage site in Israel. Originally founded in the early 18th century by followers of Judah HeHasid on the ruins of a 15th-century synagogue, the site earned the name "Hurva" (meaning "The Ruin") after its destruction in 1721 over a debt dispute. Resettled in 1837 by Ashkenazi Jewish members known as the Perushim, a new synagogue was constructed beginning in 1864 under the design of Ottoman chief architect Assad Bey, becoming Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue until its destruction during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. After Israel's capture of East Jerusalem in 1967, a commemorative arch marked the site until the Israeli Government approved rebuilding the synagogue in its 19th-century style in 2000, with the newly reconstructed building dedicated on March 15, 2010.