Moldova / Chisinau

Ancient synagogue Yavne and former hospital

Practical info

Type of location: Closed synagogue

Ancient synagogue Yavne and former hospital

Strada Columna 150, Chisinau, Moldova

Historical description

Chisinau

At the start of the twentieth century, Kishinev had more than seventy synagogues and about twenty yeshivot. Unlike many other cities in the Russian Empire, the Jews of Kishinev did not live in a ghetto, except during the dark years of the Holocaust. While the ... Read more