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Obj. ID: 928
Jewish Architecture
  Etz Haim Synagogue in Izmir, Turkey

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1993
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Name/Title
Etz Haim Synagogue in Izmir | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1851
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
2018-2021
Artist/ Maker
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Origin
Historical Origin
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Community type
Location
Turkey | Izmir
| Kemeraltı, Havra St. (937 Sokak No: 5)
Site
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Cultural center
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
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Ornamentation
Custom
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History/Provenance

Ets Hayim Synagogue, which was in danger of collapse, has been stabilized with the financial support received from the USA Embassy in Turkey in 2014. Between 2018-2021, the detailed conservation works were held with a fund from the Izmir Development Agency and the Jewish Community Foundation of İzmir. At present, the conserved synagogue is in use as a venue for activities: The basement as an exhibition space, the main hall for artistic performances, and the upper floor as a study room for workshops and meetings.

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Güleryüz , Naim A. and Izzet Keribar. The Synagogues of Thrace and Anatolia (Istanbul: Gözlem Gazetecilik Basin ve Yayin Aş, 2008)

Report of 2023, Izmir Jewish Heritage Project, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Izmir_Jewish_Heritage_Project.pdf (accessed August 9, 2023)

Zack, Joel A., The Historic Synagogues of Turkey / Türkie'nin tarihi sinagoglari, Photographs by Devon Jarvis (American Sephardi Federation, 2008)

http://www.izmirjewishheritage.com/synagogues-of-izmir;

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2019/06/17/turkey-restoration-begins-on-etz/

Esther Juhasz (ed.), Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture (Jerusalem, 1990), p. 37, 79; 

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