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Russian Jews Rebuild Historic Synagogue Destroyed in Kristallnacht

By Jspace Staff on 11/3/2011 at 5:33 PM

Category: Religion

Russian Jews Rebuild Historic Synagogue Destroyed in Kristallnacht

More than six decades after the Jewish community of Konigsberg lost its historic synagogue to the Kristallnacht pogroms, it is finally ready to rebuild. Now called Kaliningrad, the Russian city witnessed a foundation stone ceremony for a new Jewish Community Center and synagogue on the same site as the old last month. “An integral part of Jewish heritage has been passed to us by previous generations,” local Oxana Leschinskaya said to Chabad.org. “This is a new stage in the revival and …More

  • Original Konigsberg Synagogue
  • Original Konigsberg Synagogue
  • Kaliningrad’s Chief Rabbi David Shvedik