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The Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia

The synagogue was established by the local Jews in 1939. It is the only synagogue in use today in Indonesia.

The one-storey rectangular building has a wooden entrance door on the west-side, a wooden Bimah decorated with stars of David on the east-side and in front of it, a wooden carved Ark. Regular windows are fixed in the outer walls of the building. The whole synagogue structure is very small and modest. It is maintained by a few Jewish families.

Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People

Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People

 

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The synagogue was established by the local Jews in 1939. It is the only synagogue in use today in Indonesia.

The one-storey rectangular building has a wooden entrance door on the west-side, a wooden Bimah decorated with stars of David on the east-side and in front of it, a wooden carved Ark. Regular windows are fixed in the outer walls of the building. The whole synagogue structure is very small and modest. It is maintained by a few Jewish families.

Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People

Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People

 

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Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People
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The synagogue was established by the local Jews in 1939. It is the only synagogue in use today in Indonesia.

The one-storey rectangular building has a wooden entrance door on the west-side, a wooden Bimah decorated with stars of David on the east-side and in front of it, a wooden carved Ark. Regular windows are fixed in the outer walls of the building. The whole synagogue structure is very small and modest. It is maintained by a few Jewish families.

Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People

Ark of the Law in the Synagogue of Surabaya, Indonesia, 1980, Photo: Ilan Shahar The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People