Synagogue of Reims
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Synagogue
Historic Site
The Synagogue in Reims is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1879 by architect Narcisse Brunette. The synagogue was made in stone in the Neo-Moorish and Neo-Romanesque style and is one of the most beautiful and unique in the northeast part of France.
The Jewish community in Reims dates back to the early 11th century, including a synagogue. Historians are uncertain as to the location of Reims’s medieval synagogue, but it is believed to have been at 18, rue des Elus, a street whose name has changed over the centuries from the Vicus Judaeorum to the Rue de Gieu (a form of Juif or Jew) to the Rue des Elus. After the expulsion of Jews from France in the fourteenth century, they did not reside in Reims for about 500 years. In 1820, a small group settled in the city leading to the construction of the 1879 synagogue.
Today, about 150 Jewish families lives in Reims. The city is famous for its champagne wines, its historic cathedral, and for being the location where Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower's representatives accepted the surrender by the German High Command in May, 1945.
The Jewish community in Reims dates back to the early 11th century, including a synagogue. Historians are uncertain as to the location of Reims’s medieval synagogue, but it is believed to have been at 18, rue des Elus, a street whose name has changed over the centuries from the Vicus Judaeorum to the Rue de Gieu (a form of Juif or Jew) to the Rue des Elus. After the expulsion of Jews from France in the fourteenth century, they did not reside in Reims for about 500 years. In 1820, a small group settled in the city leading to the construction of the 1879 synagogue.
Today, about 150 Jewish families lives in Reims. The city is famous for its champagne wines, its historic cathedral, and for being the location where Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower's representatives accepted the surrender by the German High Command in May, 1945.
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