Altneuschul (Beit Midrash Zichron Yitshak Mitin) in Riga
Object Detail
Building Date
1843-1850, 1889
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
After 1945, as dwelling
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
1 (Local)
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Bibliography
CJA documentation;
Marger Vesterman, Fragments of Jewish History of Riga: A brief Guide (Riga, 1991);
Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 250, 263, 275;
Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), pp. 152-167;
Hamelits, 11.7.1890, no. 144, p. 8;
Hamelits, no. 258, 7.12.1890, p. 2;
Dovid Katz, Lithuanian Jewish Culture (Vilnius: Baltos Lankos, 2004), ill. on p. 171
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2007
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 56.939678, 24.132471