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Synagogues and Jewish Communal Institutions: Synagogues in Africa

Africa

 

Links to items about synagogues in our collection (arranged by country): 

Algeria
Algeria Various Bate-ha-keneset be-Afriḳah ha-tsefonit : Tunisyah, Alg'eryah, Maroḳo Hebrew

 

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Postcard of Great Synagogue of Algiers

(Image source Wikimedia Commons)

 

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Egypt
Egypt Various Atarim Yehudiyim be-Mitsrayim. Hebrew
Egypt - Cairo Ben Ezra Synagogue Ben Ezra Synagogue : courte notice sur la plus ancienne synagogue de L'Egypte French
Egypt - Cairo Ben Ezra Synagogue Fortifications and the synagogue : the Fortress of Babylon and the Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo English

 

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Inside the Synagogue of Ben Ezra, Cairo (Image source Wikimedia Commons)

 

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Kenya
Kenya - Nairobi Nairobi Hebrew Congregation Glimpses of the Jews of Kenya: the centennial story of the Nairobi Hebrew Congregation, 1904-2004, English

 

 

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Morocco
Morocco Various Synagogues of Morocco : an architectural and preservation survey English
Morocco Various Bate-ha-keneset be-Afriḳah ha-tsefonit : Tunisyah, Alg'eryah, Maroḳo Hebrew

 

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Lazama Jewish Synagogue - Mellah - Hay Essalam - Marrakech

(Image source Wikimedia Commons)

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Tunis
Tunis Various Bate-ha-keneset be-Afriḳah ha-tsefonit : Tunisyah, Alg'eryah, Maroḳo Hebrew

 

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Tunisia Sfax Synagogue  (Image source wikimedia Commons)

 

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South Africa
South Africa - Cape of Good Hope Various Guide to Jewish research resources in the Cape Province English

 

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Pioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth

(Image source Wikimedia Commons)