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Brest Synagogues

 

The Green Shul

The site of the Green Shul is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Dzerzhinsky St. (улица Дзержинского) and 17th September Street (улица 17 сентября) in modern Brest.

Green Circle: Location of the Green Shul in Modern Brest
Red Circle: Home of Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rabinovitch
Blue Circle: Site of Yeshiva Beit HaMidrash HaYarok

For context, this map also shows the approximate area of pre-WWII Jewish Brest, an irregular area outlined in blue. To view the larger area, use the "-" button at the upper left.

No pre-WWII photos of the Green Shul have been located. The modern appearance:

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The Green Shul building before 2006
Photo: Oleg Medvedevsky
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2006 Photo of Green Shul building with severe crack
source: Vercherny Brest
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New Building on site of The Green Shul(1)
Photo: Oleg Medvedevsky
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New Building on site of The Green Shul(2)
Photo: Oleg Medvedevsky
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Former Building of Yeshiva Beit HaMidrash HaYarok
Photo: Oleg Medvedevsky
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Former Green Synagogue, Brest
Photo: Oleg Medvedevsky

The original caption, translated from Hebrew: Greener Shul – on Kshiwa street corner of Peretz (5761) [2000]. Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rabinovitch prayed in this shul.

 
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