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The opening as it read in 2015

Magain Shalome Synagogue ( ) ( ) was the cornerstone of a former Jewish community in Karachi , Pakistan .¹ The Synagogue was built by Soloman David Umerdekar in 1893.² The synagogue was extended in 1912 by Umerdekar’s two sons, Gershon Solomon Umerdekar and Rahamim Solomon Umerdekar. A community hall named “Shegulbai Hall” was built by Abraham Reuben Kamerlekar in memory of Shegulabai Solomon Umerdekar. In 1916-18 the Karachi Jewish community opened a Hebrew school on the synagogue premises and in 1918 constructed the Nathan Abraham Hall. There was a signboard on the synagogue, reading as “Pakistan Bene Israel Association”, “Bani Israel Masjid” and also something like, “Only Jewish people are allowed to enter this place”. The synagogue soon became the center of a small but vibrant Jewish community, one of whose leaders, Abraham Reuben, became a councilor on the city corporation in 1936. On July 17, 1988, the Magen Shalom synagogue was destroyed to make way for a shopping plaza (Madiha Square)in the Ranchore Lines neighborhood of Karachi. In 1989, the original Ark and podium were stored by a non-Jew in Karachi; a Torah scroll case was taken by an American Jew to the US. In 2004 she donated synagogue registers covering the period 1961-1976 to the Ben-Zvi Institute Library in Jerusalem. In these ledgers, a circumcision was recorded in 1963 and several weddings in 1963-64.³ Soloman David and an interview with Mr.⁴

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The opening as it stood in 2010

The Magain Shalome Synagogue ( ) was the cornerstone of a one time Jewish community in Karachi , Pakistan . It was built in 1893 by Shalome Solomon Umerdekar and his son Gershone Solomon, (other accounts suggest that it was built by Solomon David, a surveyor for the Karachi Municipality and his wife Sheeoolabai, although these may be different names for the same people). The synagogue soon became the center of a small but vibrant Jewish community, one of whose leaders, Abraham Reuben, became a councilor on the city corporation in 1936. In the aftermath of the creation of Israel in 1948, a mob entered and desecrated the Holy Ark and some Torah scrolls as well as committing other acts of vandalism. In the 1980's, it was torn down to make way for a mini-mall (Madiha Square).

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The Magain Shalome Synagogue ( ; ) was a synagogue in Karachi , Pakistan . The synagogue was built by Solomon David Umerdekar in 1893. Soloman David and an interview with Mr. Emanuel Matat who was born and lived for about thirty years in Pakistan and prayed in Magen Shalom.

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Former Jewish synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan The Magain Shalome Synagogue ( ; ) was a synagogue in Karachi , Pakistan . It was built by Solomon David Umerdekar in 1893, when the region was still under British rule as India . The synagogue was destroyed in 1988 by the orders of then President of Pakistan , Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , following which a shopping plaza was built in its place. The Express Tribune . 2 November 2013 . Corroborated by the encryption on the gravestone of Mr. Soloman David and an interview with Mr. Emanuel Matat who was born and lived for about thirty years in Pakistan and prayed in Magen Shalom. There are <ref group=Note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).

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Former Jewish synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan The Magain Shalome Synagogue ( Urdu : مگین شلوم کنیسہ ; Hebrew : בית הכנסת מגן שלום ) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , that was located in Karachi , Pakistan . The synagogue was built by Solomon David Umerdekar in 1893, when the region was still under British rule as India . The synagogue was destroyed in 1988 by the orders of then President of Pakistan , Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , following which a shopping plaza was built in its place. There are <ref group=Note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).

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