The Old Yemenite Synagogue, known to its congregation as Beit Knesset Ohel Shlomo (lit. "Solomon's Tent Synagogue"), is a Jewish congregation and restored synagogue,[1] located in the Silwan district of East Jerusalem. The synagogue was constructed in the nineteenth century[2]: 87–88 in the Yemenite Village (Harat al-Yaman in Arabic),[3] in the Kfar Hashiloach (Hebrew: כפר השילוח) neighborhood.
| Old Yemenite Synagogue | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status |
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| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Silwan, East Jerusalem |
| Country | State of Palestine |
  Location of the synagogue in Jerusalem | |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°46′07″N 35°14′13″E / 31.7685°N 35.2369°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1890; 2015 (restored) |
History
editJewish community in Silwan (1884-1938)
editBetween 1885 and 1891, 45 stone houses were built for the Yemenite Jews which had arrived in Jerusalem in 1882.[4]
In 1936, during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, the Yemenite-Jewish community was removed from Silwan by the Welfare Bureau of the Jerusalem Community Council (Va'ad ha-Kehillah), the local counterpart of the Jewish National Council (Va'ad Leumi), into the Jewish Quarter as security conditions for Jews worsened.[2]: 56 and in 1938, the remaining Yemenite Jews in Silwan were evacuated by the Jewish Community Council on the advice of the police.[3][5]
Jewish reclaim (2015)
editIn May 2015 Ateret Cohanim, a Jewish group that had established legal ownership of the old synagogue, moved into the building.[6][7][8] Local residents threw rocks at the activists as they moved in.[6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "The Yemenite Village" (PDF). American Friends of Ateret Cohanim / Jerusalem Chai. September 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ a b Gelber, Sylva M. (1989). No balm in Gilead: a personal retrospective of Mandate days in Palestine. Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's Press (MQUP). ISBN 0-88629-104-6. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Shraga i, Nadav (January 4, 2004). "11 Jewish families move into J'lem neighborhood of Silwan". Haaretz.
- ^ "Hekdesh Consecration Houses Village Shiloach". Yemenite Village Synagogue. n.d. Retrieved August 22, 2020.[self-published source?]
- ^ "No title available". Palestine Post. August 15, 1938. p. 2.
- ^ a b Jaskow, Rahel (May 6, 2015). "Jewish activists move into building in Arab Jerusalem neighborhood. Structure in Silwan was once the synagogue of a village built there for Yemenite immigrants in the 1880s, NGO claims". The Times of Israel. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ Ben-Gedalyahu, Tzvi (May 7, 2015). "Jews Move into Former Yemenite Synagogue in Silwan Valley". The Jewish Press. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ "Joyus return to 130 Year Old Jerusalem Synagogue". Israel National News. May 26, 2015.
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