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The Great Synagogue of Deventer (Dutch: Grote Synagoge van Deventer) is a Jewish place of worship in Deventer, Overijssel.
History
This temple was built in 1892 by J.A. Mulock Houwer. It is a Neo-Renaissance building with Moorish influences. , including minaret-like turrets, with crescents on either side. On the summit, just above the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments directly, was a large copper Star of David. The oriental style is a reference to the Taifa of Toledo, where, before 1492, peaceful and prosperous coexistence of Judaism with Islam and Christianity prevailed. The combination of crescents and a Star of David explicitly refers to the peaceful co-existence with Islam in Toledo.
During World War II, the interior was destroyed by Dutch Nazi's (members of the Dutch nazi-party NSB).
Between 1951 and 2010 it was used as a place of worship by the Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands. Since 2010 it is being used once again as a synagogue by the Jewish community Beth Shoshanna.