An Orthodox synagogue and Jewish community compound in Tehran, Iran. The 2010 opening explained the compound's low-profile design was "quite possibly done in order to not invite any unwanted attention from the outside and to reduce the possibility of antisemitic acts against the building and its occupants." The word is gone from the whole article today; the opening now describes only the compound's buildings, a school, a beit midrash, a mikveh, and a kosher restaurant. A reader today learns what sits on the compound, and not that its design was shaped by the threat of antisemitic violence.
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Abrishami Synagogue ( , ) was built in September 1965 in the upper middle class neighborhood of Kakh Shomali (currently N.1Palestine Street) in Tehran , Iran .2The land on which the synagogue-school compound was built was granted by the Iranian Jewish philanthropist, Aghajan Abrishami and is 1,025 square meters (approximately 11,040 square feet) in size. A foundation was originally created by the name of Tzedek Cultural Foundation whose mission was to oversee the building and operations of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound. The compound consists of two floors. The first floor is a school and the second floor houses Abrishami Synagogue.3The building was constructed in modern 1960's style and has a humble, almost non-descriptive outside appearance. This was quite possibly done in order to not invite any unwanted attention from the outside and to reduce the possibility of antisemitic acts against the building and its occupants.4Abrishami Synagogue served as the social and cultural center of the Jewish community of Tehran especially in the 1970s and 80's.5Chief rabbi Yedidia Shofet as well as other prominent religious leaders of the Tehran Jewish community presided over daily and Shabbat services here.6The foundation tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound credits the members of the Tzedek Cultural Foundation with the vision to build the compound. The inscription on the brown section reads: "Memorial Tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue, Tehran, Iran." It was placed after the Islamic revolution of 1979 to cover the original inscription on the tablet which gave praises to the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as was customary in public-use buildings built during his reign.7
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Abrishami Synagogue ( , ) is a synagogue in Tehran , Iran . It was built in September 1965 in the upper-middle-class neighborhood of Kakh Shomali (currently N. The land on which the synagogue-school compound was built was granted by the Iranian Jewish philanthropist, Aghajan Abrishami and is 1,025 square meters (approximately 11,040 square feet) in size. A foundation was originally created by the name of Tzedek Cultural Foundation whose mission was to oversee the building and operations of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound. The foundation tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound credits the members of the Tzedek Cultural Foundation with the vision to build the compound. The inscription on the brown section reads: "Memorial Tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue, Tehran, Iran." It was placed after the Islamic revolution of 1979 to cover the original inscription on the tablet which gave praises to the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as was customary in public-use buildings built during his reign. The compound consists of two floors. The first floor is a school and the second floor houses Abrishami Synagogue. The building was constructed in a modernist 1960s architectural style .Abrishami Synagogue serves as the social and cultural center of the Jewish community of Tehran and is administered directly by the Chief Rabbinate.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Abrishami Synagogue ( Kanise ye Abrishami , ) is a synagogue in Tehran , Iran . It was built in September 1965 in the upper-middle-class neighborhood of Kakh Shomali (currently N. The land on which the synagogue-school compound was built was granted by the Iranian Jewish philanthropist, Aghajan Abrishami and is 1,025 square meters (approximately 11,040 square feet) in size. A foundation was originally created by the name of Tzedek Cultural Foundation whose mission was to oversee the building and operations of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound. The foundation tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound credits the members of the Tzedek Cultural Foundation with the vision to build the compound. The inscription on the brown section reads: "Memorial Tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue, Tehran, Iran." It was placed after the Islamic revolution of 1979 to cover the original inscription on the tablet which gave praises to the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as was customary in public-use buildings built during his reign. The compound consists of two floors. The first floor is a school and the second floor houses Abrishami Synagogue. The building was constructed in a modernist 1960s architectural style . Abrishami Synagogue serves as the social and cultural center of the Jewish community of Tehran and is administered directly by the Chief Rabbinate.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Synagogue in Tehran, Iran Abrishami Synagogue ( Kanise ye Abrishami , ) is a synagogue in Tehran , Iran . It was built in September 1965 in the upper-middle-class neighborhood of Kakh Shomali (currently N. The land on which the synagogue-school compound was built was granted by the Iranian Jewish philanthropist, Aghajan Abrishami and is 1,025 square meters (approximately 11,040 square feet) in size. A foundation was originally created by the name of Tzedek Cultural Foundation whose mission was to oversee the building and operations of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound. The foundation tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound credits the members of the Tzedek Cultural Foundation with the vision to build the compound. The inscription on the brown section reads: "Memorial Tablet of the Abrishami Synagogue, Tehran, Iran." It was placed after the Islamic revolution of 1979 to cover the original inscription on the tablet which gave praises to the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as was customary in public-use buildings built during his reign. The compound consists of two floors. The first floor is a school and the second floor houses Abrishami Synagogue. The building was constructed in a modernist 1960s architectural style . Abrishami Synagogue serves as the social and cultural center of the Jewish community of Tehran and is administered directly by the Chief Rabbinate.
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Orthodox synagogue in Tehran, Iran The Abrishami Synagogue ( Persian : كنيسهء ابريشمى , romanized : Kanise ye Abrishami ; Hebrew : בית הכנסת אברישמי ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located in the Kakh Shomali neighborhood of Tehran , Iran .The synagogue is situated within a compound that also includes a Jewish school , a beit midrash , a mikveh , and a kosher restaurant.
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built in september 1965 in the upper middle class neighborhood of kakh shomali
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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