Great Synagogue in Rashkov
Object Detail
Building Date
1749
Synagogue active dates
Until 1930s
Reconstruction Dates
2022
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Abandoned
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
A water well nearby the synagogue is related to Bohdan Khmelnytsky's family in Ukrainian collective memory.
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Baroque with rococo elements.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Stone carving of cartouche, relief menorah on the southern wall, Torah ark.
Urban significance
Part of shulhoyf
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Bibliography
Goldshmidt, Efim, Igor Teper, Michael Finckel. History in Stone: Monuments of the Jewish Material Culture in Moldova (XVII-XXI centuries) (Chisinau, 2007), p. 75-76, 91.
Kravtsov, Sergey R. and Vladimir Levin, "Will (or can) the great synagogue in Raşcov be conserved?" Jewish Heritage Europe, http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/02/26/will-or-can-the-great-synagogue-in-rascov-be-conserved (accessed October 18, 2022)
"Moldova Update: UN and EU supported conservation work on the monumental ruins of the 18th century synagogue in Rașcov has been completed," Jewish Heritage Europe, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/10/12/moldova-update-conservation-synagogue-in-rascov/ (accessed October 18, 2022)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2014
Remarks
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