Bet Yaakov Synagogue

Coordinates: 41°02′11″N 29°01′47″E / 41.036282°N 29.029737°E

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Bet Yaakov Synagogue
Turkish: Bet Yaakov Sinagogu Hebrew: קהל קדוש בית יעקב
The synagogue, in 2009
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Nusach Sefard
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	Icadiye Street, Kuzguncuk, Istanbul, Istanbul Province
Country	Turkey
Location of the synagogue in Istanbul
Geographic coordinates	41°02′11″N 29°01′47″E / 41.036282°N 29.029737°E / 41.036282; 29.029737
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Completed	1878
Materials	Brick
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The Bet Yaakov Synagogue (Turkish: Bet Yaakov Sinagogu; Hebrew: קהל קדוש בית יעקב) is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Icadiye Street, in Kuzguncuk, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, in the Istanbul Province of Turkey.

Completed in 1878, the Jewish population of Kuzguncuk having moved away, and the synagogue it is kept alive by worshippers whose families originated there. The synagogue is open, yet only open for Shabbat services.^[2]

References and notes

^ "Beit Yaakov (Etz Haim) Synagogue in Istanbul". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
^ "Chief Rabbinate of Turkey (Türkiye Hahambaşılığı)". Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2008.

External links

Media related to Bet Yaakov Synagogue (Üsküdar) at Wikimedia Commons

"Chief Rabbinate of Turkey". Archived from the original on May 13, 2007.
"Home page". Shalom Newspaper (in Turkish). Archived from the original on October 17, 2007.

Synagogues in Turkey

Active

Istanbul	Abudara Ahrida Ashkenazi Bakırköy Bet Avraam Bet Israel Bet Nissim Bet Yaakov Bet Yaakov (Heybeliada) Burgazada Caddebostan Çana Etz Ahayim Hemdat Israel Hesed Le Avraam Istipol Italian Kal Kados, Corapci Han Karaite Maalem Neve Shalom Ohel Yaakov (Heybeliada) Şaar Aşamayim Tofre Begadim Yanbol Yeniköy
Ankara Edirne (Grand) İzmir Bet Israel Shaar Hashamaym Signora Giveret

Former

Inactive (still standing)	Antakya Bursa (Mayor) Gaziantep Istanbul (Mayor) Sardis Zülfaris (Istanbul)
Destroyed or in ruins (no longer standing)	Andriake Kastoria Or Hodeş Priene Sigri

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