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Neve Shalom Synagogue

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Affiliation
  
Orthodox Judaism

Opened
  
25 March 1951

Phone
  
+90 212 244 15 76

Year consecrated
  
1951

Status
  
Active

Capacity
  
2,000

District
  
Galata

Neve Shalom Synagogue

Location
  
Büyük Hendek Caddesi 61, Istanbul, Turkey

Website
  
Neve Shalom Synagogue Official Website

Address
  
Bereketzade Mahallesi, Büyük Hendek Cd. No:61, 34421 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey

Architects
  
Elyo Ventura, Bernar Motola

Similar
  
Jewish Museum of Turkey, Galata, Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul, Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul, Church of St Anthony of Padua

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Neve Shalom Synagogue, (Turkish: Neve Şalom Sinagogu, Hebrew: בית הכנסת נווה שלום‎; lit. "Oasis of Peace" or "Valley of Peace"), is a synagogue in the Karaköy quarter of Beyoğlu district, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The synagogue was built in response to an increase in the Jewish population in the old Galata neighborhood (today encompassed by Beyoğlu district) in the late 1930s. A Jewish primary school was torn down in 1949 for that purpose and the synagogue was built on its ruins. The construction completed in 1951. Its architects were Elyo Ventura and Bernar Motola, young Turkish Jews. The inauguration of the synagogue was held on Sunday, March 25, 1951 (17 Veadar 5711, Hebrew calendar), in the presence of the Chief Rabbi of Turkey of the time, Hahambaşı Rav. Rafael David Saban.

Neve Shalom is the central and largest Sephardic synagogue in Istanbul, open to service especially on Shabbats, High Holidays, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and weddings.

Neve Shalom suffered two terrorist attacks:

  • On September 6, 1986, gunmen opened fire during a Shabbat service, which resulted in the death of 22 people. This attack is attributed to the Palestinian militant Abu Nidal.
  • On November 16, 2003, the Synagogue was hit by one of four car bomb attacks carried out in Istanbul that day (see 2003 Istanbul bombings). Even though a local Turkish militant group, the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, claimed responsibility for the attacks, police claimed the bombings were "too sophisticated to have been carried out by that group", with a senior Israeli government source saying: "the attack must have been at least coordinated with international terror organizations".

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