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Or Thora Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Judaism (former) |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | |
Location | |
Location | 14 rue Saint Dominique, Marseille |
Country | France |
Location of the former synagogue in
Marseille | |
Geographic coordinates | 43°18′01″N 5°22′48″E / 43.3002°N 5.3801°E |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1962 |
The Or Thora Synagogue, also referred to as the Or Torah Synagogue ("Light of the Torah synagogue"), [1] is a former Jewish synagogue, located in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France. Established by pieds-noirs in 1962, it was acquired by an Islamic community in 2016 and was scheduled to become a mosque.
The synagogue was established by pieds-noirs from French Algeria in 1962. [2] [3] It is located on the Rue Saint Dominique, off the Boulevard d'Athènes, between the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles and the Canebière, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille. [4]
AS a result of antisemitism in Marseille, the synagogue ceased operating. Concurrently, the nearby mosque, run by Al Badr, was unable to handle the weekly overcrowding. [1] The synagogue building was sold in 2016 for €400,000 to Al Badr Association, a Muslim organization. The Association planned to turn it into a mosque. [2] [5] [6] [7]