- Source: Tzedek ve-Shalom
The Tzedek ve-Shalom, also written as Zedek ve Shalom, (Peace and Justice) is a historic former Jewish synagogue, that is located in Paramaribo, Suriname. It was built for a Sephardic congregation in 1736.
Overview
The synagogue stopped being used in 1999 when the area's remaining Jewish residents combined congregations at Neveh Shalom Synagogue. It is being used as a computer repair store. Its furnishings are in the collection of the Israel Museum.
The building is sited in a large courtyard, built of wood in a Neoclassical style with arched windows and bench seating, and painted white. It has a wide basilica-like hall with a tevah (reader's platform) opposite the heikhal (Torah ark). Decoration included brass chandeliers from the Netherlands. It has a sandy floor.
See also
History of Jews in Suriname
Esnoga
References
External links
Media related to Synagoge Zedek v'Shalom (Paramaribo) at Wikimedia Commons
Coen-Uzzielli, Tania (2010). Tzedek Ve-Shalom: A Synagogue from Suriname in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Israel Museum. ISBN 9652783773 – via Google Books.
Arbell, Mordechai (2002). The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean: The Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Settlements in the Caribbean and the Guianas. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. p. 110 – via Google Books.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Abraham Firkovich
- Tzedek ve-Shalom
- Tzedek
- Neveh Shalom Synagogue
- History of the Jews in Suriname
- Israel Museum
- Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam)
- Abraham Firkovich
- Darhe Jesarim
- Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
- James S. Snyder
