Beit Shmuel Synagogue in Białystok
Object Detail
Building Date
1901-1902
Synagogue active dates
Until WWII
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Sport facility
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
The synagogue's name commemorates Samuel Mohilewer (1824–1898), the most famous rabbi of Białystok and an advocate of Zionism.
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Avrom Shmuel Hershberg, Pinkos Bialystok: grunt-materialn tsu der geshikhte fun di yidn in bialystok biz nokh der ershter velt-milkhome, 2 vols (New York, 1949-1950), vol. 1, p. 309-311;
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 19 with ill..
Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), p. 58.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1992
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 53.131798, 23.169731