Comments on: Images of early Israel

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:01:02 +0000

Yep, it’s definitely Tiferet Israel – which also has been known as the “Nisan Bak” shul, who’s also a cousin of mine. The modern-day Bak family, who live somewhere near Tel Aviv, still have the deed of land to that part of the old city written out from the Ottoman Empire. It’s pretty cool to see.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:12:25 +0000

Thanks! I’ve adjusted the post. It turns out that my information applied to both synagogues, but the photo is definitely of Tiffereth Israel.

By: Charles Lebow

Charles Lebow — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:45:56 +0000

Link to Tiffereth Israel article.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:05:53 +0000

Charles, if you have more information or a source, I’d appreciate seeing it. I assumed this was the Hurva synagogue, but could be mistaken – there were two prominent synagogues that had been destroyed by the Arabs, to my knowledge, and I thought the larger of the two was the Hurva. Hence my assumption that this was the Hurva synagogue.

By: Charles Lebow

Charles Lebow — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:55:50 +0000

I am not sure, but it looks to me that the top photo is of the Tiferet Yisroel Synagogue. It was the largest synagogue in the Old City prior to 1948.