Beth El Synagogue (Shanghai)

For other synagogues called Beth El, see Temple Beth-El (disambiguation).

Beth El Synagogue was a synagogue located in Shanghai, China.

Jewish people began to settler Shanghai in 1848.[1] 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 thoroughfares in the English settlement.[2]

Jacob Elias and Edward Elias Sassoon built the Ohel Rachel Synagogue to replace Beth El Synagogue.[1] Ohel Rachel Synagogue opened in March 1920.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shanghai Jewish History". Shanghai Jewish Center. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Jacobs, Joseph; Ezra, N. E. B. "Shanghai". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906.

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