Sejny Synagogue
{{short description|Former Orthodox synagogue in Sejny, Poland}}
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| rite = Nusach Ashkenaz
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| location = 41 Piłsudskieo Street, Sejny, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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| architecture_style = Baroque Revival
| founded_by = Moses Becalel Luria
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| year_completed = 1885
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| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://cja.huji.ac.il/mhs/browser.php?mode=set&id=8024 |title=Synagogue in Sejny |work=Historic Synagogues of Europe |publisher=Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |date=n.d. |access-date=10 August 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/s/685-sejny/112-synagogues-houses-of-prayer-and-others/88466-white-synagogue-41-pilsudskiego-street |title=Senjy: The White Synagogue (41 Piłsudskiego street) |work=Virtual Shtetl |publisher=POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews |date=2017 |access-date=31 July 2024 }}
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The Sejny Synagogue, also called the White Synagogue in Sejny, is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 41 Piłsudskiego Street, in Sejny, in the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland. Designed in the Baroque Revival style and completed in 1885, the former synagogue was desecrated by Nazis during World War II and has been used as a Jewish museum and cultural center since 1987.
History
The large, Neo-Baroque style building on Pilsudskiego Street was erected in the 1860s, replacing an older building. It was used by the Nazis as a fire station, the interior was gutted and all furnishings were destroyed. In 1987 the building was restored with a plain, modern interior and now serves as a cultural center, theater, and museum.{{cite book |author1=Gruber, Samuel |author-link=Samuel D. Gruber |author2=Meter, Phyllis |title=Report: Survey of Historic Jewish Monuments in Poland. |publisher=Presidents Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Jewish Heritage Council. World Monuments Fund |date=November 1995 |page=46 }}
Called the Borderland Foundation (Fundacja Pogranicze), the foundation and its cultural center are dedicated to the cultures of the region: Polish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Jewish, Ukrainian and Russian. A Klezmer band is based at the cultural center. Located adjacent to the former synagogue, the nineteenth century yeshiva building also survives, and is also used by the Borderland Foundation.{{cite web |url=https://www.synagogues-fodz.com/sejny-en |title=Senjy: History of the synagogue |work=Virtual tours |publisher=Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland |date=n.d. |access-date=10 August 2024 }}
See also
{{stack|{{portal|Judaism|Poland}}}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|White Synagogue in Sejny}}
- {{cite web |work=Borderland Foundation |url=http://pogranicze.sejny.pl/archiwum/english/found/found.htm |title=Homepage |lang=pl |date= |access-date= }}
- {{cite web |title=Nineteenth century postcard of Sejny synagogue and yeshiva |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/20821324@N00/2527165312/ |work=Flickr |format=image |date= |access-date= }}
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Category:19th-century synagogues in Poland
Category:20th-century attacks on Jewish institutions
Category:Ashkenazi synagogues in Poland
Category:Cultural centers in Poland
Category:Former Orthodox synagogues in Poland
Category:Baroque Revival synagogues
Category:Holocaust locations in Poland
Category:Religious buildings and structures in Podlaskie Voivodeship