Chobotarska Synagogue
| Chobotarska Synagogue | |
|---|---|
Ukrainian: Чоботарська синагога | |
 The synagogue in 2021 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status |
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| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 17 Chobotarska Street, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast |
| Country | Ukraine |
  Location in Ukraine | |
| Geographic coordinates | 49°59′31″N 36°13′10″E / 49.9919°N 36.2194°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Boris Isaakovich Gershkovich |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Completed | 1912 |
Chobotarska Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue located at 17 Chobotarska Street in the City of Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.[1][2]
Description
[edit]A "Yeshiva Ketana" and a "Yeshiva Gedola" of the Kharkiv Jewish community are located nearby. The synagogue was designed by architect Boris Isaakovich Gershkovich[2] in 1912.[3] The opening took place the following year. The building is made of brick.[2] The synagogue has a yellow facade with triple windows on the ground floor and single windows on the second floor which are framed by white cornices and arches. Chobotarska Synagogue operated from 1912 until the 1930s when it was closed, and the traffic police department was placed instead in the synagogue building by the Soviet authorities.
After Ukraine gained independence, in 2003, the building was returned to its original owners. A Jewish school was opened.[4] On the morning of March 15, 2022, the Yeshiva of the Kharkiv Jewish Community was damaged during a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] A rocket or shrapnel pierced the roof of the building.[6][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Евгений Котляр. Набор открыток «Еврейский Харьков» — A set of cards "Jewish Kharkov" / Центр Востоковедения Харьковской государственной академии дизайна и искуств ; перевод и редакция английского текста: Ольга Гинзбург. — Х. : при поддержке Американского еврейского объединенного распредилительного комитета «Джоинт», 2009.
- ^ a b c "Chebotarskaia Synagogue (Third Jewish prayer house Sefardim) in Kharkiv". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "UAJS statement on the destruction of Jewish cultural sites and Holocaust memorials by Russian invaders". Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies. March 28, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ «Еврейская буква» и другие синагоги Харькова. lechaim.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ У середньому дві на день: війна росії проти України завдала руйнувань щонайменше 59 спорудам духовного значення в щонайменше 8 областях України. Міністерство культури та інформаційної політики України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ Об'єднана єврейська община України заявляє, що жодних нацистів при владі в країні немає. ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2022.
