Vincennes Synagogue
synagogue located in Val-de-Marne, in France
The Vincennes Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 30 rue Céline Robert, Vincennes, in the Val-de-Marne department of the Île-de-France région of France. Designed by Victor Tondu and funded by Daniel Iffla, the stone synagogue was established in 1907.
Ashkenazi synagogue
In 1901, the Jewish community of Paris decided to establish a community at Saint-Mandé, encompassing Jews from Vincennes and surrounding districts. Initially most of the Jews were from Alsace, regained by France in 1870. At the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, many Jewish families from Central Europe, fleeing poverty and pogroms came to Vincennes.
On the 13 November 1903, the community moved leasing a property at 30 rue Celine Robert where the new synagogue was to be built. The inauguration ceremony took place on September 5, 1907. Services were conducted according to the Ashkenazi rite. The synagogue is one of the few synagogues in France that was to operate almost continuously since its inception until today, even during the Vichy period.
Sephardic synagogue
In 1960, following the influx of Jewish refugees from North Africa, the community of Vincennes, hitherto almost entirely Ashkenazi, adapted adopting an increasing number of Sephardic services, mostly under a Tunisian rite.
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