Tallinn Synagogue

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Tallinn Synagogue
Basic information
Location	Tallinn, Estonia
Religious affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Functional status	Active
Leadership	Rabbi Shmuel Kot
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Kaur Stoor and Tõnis Kimmel
Architectural style	Modern
Year completed	2007
Construction cost	$2,000,000
Specifications
Capacity	180
Materials	Glass and concrete

Tallinn Synagogue, (Estonian: Tallinna sünagoog), also known as Beit Bella Synagogue,^[1] is located in Estonia’s capital city. The privately funded synagogue in central Tallinn was inaugurated on May 16, 2007. The building is an ultramodern, airy structure, which can seat 180 people^[2] with additional seating for up to 230 people for concerts and other public events. It received global attention as it was the first synagogue to open in Estonia since World War II.

The original synagogue, built in 1883, was not rebuilt after being destroyed in March 1944 during a Soviet air bombing raid on Tallinn, which at the time was occupied by Nazi Germany - the city then became the only post-war European capital without a synagogue. Tartu, a university town in southeastern Estonia and the second largest city in Estonia, also had a synagogue which was destroyed during World War II.

[edit] See also

• History of the Jews in Estonia

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• Estonia's first synagogue since World War II opens, European Jewish Press
• Synagogue set to open in Estonia for first time since Holocaust, Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
• First Post-World War Two Synagogue Opened in Tallinn, Estonia, European Jewish Congress
• Estonia's Jews set to inaugurate new Tallinn synagogue, International Herald Tribune
• Peres, Metzger Attend Opening of First Estonian Synagogue, Arutz 7
• Synagogue set to open in Estonia for first time since Holocaust, Haaretz
• Estonia opens synagogue for first time since Nazi era, The Independent
• Estonia Jews to get first synagogue, Aljazeera.net