Choral Temple (Bucharest)

For similarly named synagogues, see Choral Synagogue (disambiguation).

Choral Temple
Romanian: Templul Coral
The façade of the synagogue, in 2011
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, Bucharest
Country	Romania
Location of the synagogue in Bucharest
Geographic coordinates	44°25′52″N 26°06′24″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	I. Enderle (1866) Gustav Freiwald (1866) Iuliu Leoneanu (1932) Gregory Hirș (1932)
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Moorish Revival
Groundbreaking	1864
Completed	1866
Materials	Brick

The Choral Temple (Romanian: Templul Coral) is a Progressive Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, in Bucharest, Romania. Designed in the Moorish Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1866.

History

Designed by Enderle and Freiwald and built between 1864 and 1866, it is a very close copy of Vienna's Leopoldstadt-Tempelgasse Great Synagogue, which had been built in 1855–1858. The synagogue was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in January 1941, but was then restored after World War II, in 1945. The main hall was recently refurbished, and re-opened in 2015. The synagogue is still hosts daily religious services in the small hall, being one of the few active synagogues in the city and in Romania.

See also

• History of the Jews in Bucharest
• History of the Jews in Romania
• List of synagogues in Bucharest
• List of synagogues in Romania
• Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom

External links

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