Trakai Kenesa

Synagouge in Trakai, Lithuania

Trakai Kenesa

Trakai Kenesa is the kenesa (synagogue) of the Qaraite Jewish community in Trakai, Lithuania, and a rare example of one of the surviving kenesas of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was built in the 18th century, restored in the 1890s and is still in use.^[1]

References

^ The Karaite Kenessa in Trakai. Vilnius, 2007.

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Wooden synagogues

Notable synagogues
(since destroyed)

Cold Synagogue, Mogilev
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Wołpa Synagogue
Przedbórz Synagogue
Jedwabne Synagogue
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Pohrebyshche Synagogue
Zaniomanskaja Synagogue

Grodno wooden synagogue

Lists

List of wooden synagogues

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