Thursday, February 04, 2010

That Destroyed "Churva" Synagogue Is Almost Done








On the "Churva" Synagogue

2 comments:

yoni said...

as a former resident of the jewish quarter i'm not sure how i feel about this. i was there 2 shabbatot ago- i went specifically to see how the "hurva" was coming along. i got to see it from the inside, some local kids had broken thru the makeshift fence left by the construction workers and people were just kind of wandering around in there. my significant other agreed with me that the paintings on the ceiling are tacky- not even having the virtue of being intentionally primativist but being actually primative- and the stained glass seemed kind of cheezy too. it certainly is an impressive building from the outside, though. any idea who paid for this thing? or how quarter residents feel about it? or what kind of davening will take place there?

Suzanne Pomeranz said...

I understand the "grand opening" is scheduled for Rosh Chodesh Nissan (16 March)... Hope it'll be ready!

And I hope there's another name in the works - 3 synagogues on that spot were "churva". Let's hope and pray that the fourth never becomes the same!