White Synagogue in Joniškis
Object Detail
Building Date
1864-1865
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1945, 1964, 2002, 2016
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Cultural center
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of synagogue compound (shulhoyf)
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/06/26/lithuania-joniskis-white-synagogue-reopens-unique-jewish-heritage-complex-restored;
Joniškio kraštas: enciklopedinis žinynas/ sudarytojas ir ats. redaktorius Vytautas Didžpetris; redakcinė kolegija: Kazimieras Garšva... [et al.]. - Kaunas: Žiemgalos leidykla, 2011. p. 71.
Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.), Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue, 2 vols. (Vilnius: VIlnius Academy of Art Press, 2010-12)
Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.), Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue, 2 vols. (Vilnius: VIlnius Academy of Art Press, 2010-12)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Joniškis History and Culture Archives
Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 56.240101, 23.616693