Beth El Synagogue (Shanghai)
Former synagogue in China
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The Beth El Synagogue was a synagogue, located in Shanghai, China.
AffiliationJudaism (former)
RiteNusach Sefard
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue (1887–1920)
LocationPeking Road, Shanghai
| Beth El Synagogue | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Sefard |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue (1887–1920) |
| Location | |
| Location | Peking Road, Shanghai |
| Country | China |
| Architecture | |
| Established | 1887 (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1887 |
| Destroyed | c. 1950s |
Jews began to settle in Shanghai in 1848.[1] At that time, most were Sephardic Jews from Baghdad and Bombay.[1] During the 1870s, the Baghdadi Jewish community used rented space for religious worship.[1] Beth El Synagogue was established in 1887.[1] It was located on Peking Road, a major thoroughfare in the English settlement,[2] and was the first formally established Synagogue in Shanghai.[3]: 28
Jacob Elias and Edward Elias Sassoon built the Ohel Rachel Synagogue to replace Beth El Synagogue; and it opened in March 1920.[1] The synagogue was destroyed, most likely in the 1950s.[4]
