Synagogue De Neuilly

The synagogue of Neuilly-sur-Seine , located at 12 rue Ancelle, which dates from 1878 , is the oldest synagogue in the Paris suburbs.

The first significant building of the Jewish presence in Neuilly is the "house of refuge for Jewish children, a home created in 1866 by Coralie Cahen , it moved in 1883 at 19, boulevard de la Saussaye, where it existed until the 1980s. Better known by the abbreviated name of "Refuge," it housed many young Jews isolated, without family, after the Second World War and after the independence of Algeria.

The synagogue

Synagogue de Neuilly

Synagogue de Neuilly during a demonstration for the release of Gilad Shalit. We recognize the facade of the ^nineteenth century on the street Dulud Jacques, left, and that of the ^twentieth century right on the street Ancelle.

Rabbi Michael Azoulay (right) at his induction into the side of France's chief rabbi Gilles Bernheim at the synagogue of Neuilly, 13 September 2009

By 1869, there is a community located in an apartment at 15 rue Louis-Philippe. Chairman, Godchaux Oulry, a native of Lorraine, succeeded in raising the funds necessary to build a synagogue. The architect is Emile Uhlmann Prix de Rome , which chooses a style neo-Byzantine. The opening may take place in 1878.

The first rabbi of Neuilly in 1888, is Simon Debr , the father of Professor Robert Debr and the grandfather of the Prime Minister of General de Gaulle , Michel Debre.

The community grows until the Second World War and its expansion in 1937 was entrusted to architects Germain Debre and Hirsch.

As with all Jewish communities, the war was disastrous. Rabbi Robert Meyers and his wife Suzanne Bauer was born in 1943 were deported to Auschwitz. A plaque outside the synagogue commemorates the deportation of all Jews neuillens and another, the courageous action of the Righteous Among the Nations of Neuilly. Rue Edouard Nortier, another plaque commemorating the names of 17 children aged 3 to 11 years, housed in a former clinic run by the Sisters, July 25, 1944 rounded up, deported and murdered by the Nazis .

The rebirth after the war is difficult. We must mention the efforts of Rabbi David Feuerwerker (he was the rabbi from 1946 to 1948) to create a study circle and a circle of young people. His successor, Eduard Gurevich, saw the arrival in 1962 in repatriates from Algeria that bring vitality to the community.

In 1975, the Grand Rabbi Jerome Cahen and his wife revived the community event, turning resolutely towards youth. The number of believers is increasing dramatically.

In 1978, the centenary of the synagogue is celebrated in the presence of the authorities and former Prime Minister Michel Debre.

Rabbi Alexis Blum succeeds Jerome Cahen, who died in 1988.

After the founding in 1999 the University founded by European Jewish Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat and Rabbi Claude Sultan at 11, rue Ancelle cultural center Jerome Cahen is created in the adjacent building of the synagogue in 2004.

In 2009, Rabbi Michael Azoulay, a member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee since 2008, succeeds Rabbi Alexis Blum.

Rabbis

• 1888-1939: Simon Debr
• 1928-1943: Robert Meyers (who died at Auschwitz )
• 1945-1946: Henry Soil
• 1946-1948: David Feuerwerker
• 1948-1949: Ren Kapel
• 1949-1975: Edward Gurevich
• 1975-1986: Jerome Cahen
• 1988-2009: Alexis Blum
• 2009 -: Michael Azoulay

Bibliography

Editor Sylvie Zenouda, "The Synagogue de Neuilly-sur-Seine, 120-year history of a community," March 2000, ( ISBN 2-9515255-0-8 )

Notes

External link

• Synagogue de Neuilly
• Community center Jerome Cahen
• Neuilly sur Seine article in the Jewish Encyclopedia

• Portal architecture and urbanism
• Portal of Jewish culture and Judaism
• Portal Hauts-de-Seine

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