Sasson Synagogue

{{Short description|Former synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt}}

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| functional_status = Closed

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| location = Rue Temple Sasson, Glymenopoulo, Alexandria

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| country = Egypt

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| funded_by = Jacob Sassoon

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| year_completed = 1910

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The Sasson Synagogue, officially the Jacob Sasson Synagogue, is a former Jewish synagogue, that was located on Rue Temple Sasson, in the Glymenopoulo neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. The synagogue was completed in 1910{{cite web |url=http://archive.diarna.org/site/detail/public/1188/ |title=Sasson Synagogue, Alexandria, Egypt |work=Diarna.org |date=2015 |publisher=Digital Heritage Mapping |access-date=9 October 2024 }} and, despite its misspelling, was named in honour of Jacob Sassoon.{{cite web |author=Radovan, Zev |url=https://cja.huji.ac.il/?mode=alone&id=95713 |title=Jacob Sasson Synagogue in Alexandria |work=The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art |publisher=Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |date=1984 |access-date=9 October 2024 |format=copy of a photo of the Jacob Sasson Synagogue in 1984 }}