Or Torah Synagogue

{{Short description|Synagogue in Acre, Israel}}

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| location = 13 Kaplan Street, Acre, Northern District

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The Or Torah Synagogue, sometimes the Ohr Torah Synagogue, also known as the Tunisian Synagogue in Acre, the Djerba Synagogue,{{cn|date=September 2024}} and the Jariva,{{cite web |url=https://www.akko.org.il/en/attraction/or-torah-synagogue/ |title=Or Torah Synagogue |work=Old Akko |publisher=Old Akko & Nazareth Development Company Ltd |date=n.d. |access-date=20 September 2024 }}{{clarify|date=September 2024|reason=Why? What does “Jariva” mean?}} is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 13 Kaplan Street, in Acre, in the Northern District of Israel. The building was completed in 1955 by Jews from Tunisia and took over 54 years for the artwork to be completed.{{cite web |url=http://www.goisrael.de/Tourism_Ger/Tourist%20Information/Attractions/Pages/The%20Or%20Torah%20Synagogue.aspx |title=The Torah Synagogue |work=Goisrael |location=Germany |date=n.d. |access-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524131734/http://www.goisrael.de/Tourism_Ger/Tourist%20Information/Attractions/Pages/The%20Or%20Torah%20Synagogue.aspx |archive-date=2014-05-24 }}

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The building is unique in its use of millions of natural stones laid as mosaics both inside and outside the synagogue, that were manufactured at Kibbutz Eilon. The building has 140 stained glass windows and a dome. The mosaics and stained-glass windows depict the history of the Jewish people and of the Land of Israel through Bible stories, flora, fauna, Jewish resistance during World War II, and more.{{cite news |author=Rubin, Debi |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-ohr-torah-synagogue-a-treasure-in-acre-605168 |title=The Ohr Torah Synagogue: A treasure in Acre |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=20 October 2019 |access-date=20 September 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/or-torah-synagogue |title=Or Torah Synagogue |work=Atlas Obscura |date=28 February 2020 |access-date=20 September 2024 }}

The synagogue plan is believed to have replicated the El Ghriba synagogue on Djerba, Tunisia.