Synagogue Zirkusgasse Vienna

Synagogue of the Turkish Israelites (Sephardim) Construction period: 1885 - 87 Architect: Hugo von Wiedenfeld Architectural style: strict historicism based on motifs of the Alhambra, octagonal domed building. Capacity: 340 seats on the first floor, 110 seats in the galleries, also A total of 250 standing places. On the second floor of the building there was also a winter prayer hall with 105 seats. President of the Turkish-Israeli. Community: Robert de Majo, Vpr.: Isidor Haim Head cantor Isidor Löwit, cantor Isaac Asseo.(1932), l eldest president: Siegmund Heskia. The community of Turkish Israelites existed since 1736 and enjoyed a certain partial autonomy even after the Israelite Law of 1890 came into force. The rabbis were: Rabbi Michael Papo, Rabbi Nissim Ovadia, Dr. Manfred Papo. Source: Adolf Zemlinsky, Gesch. d. Türk.-Israelit. Kultusgemeinde in Wien, Vienna 1888. Manfred Papo, The Sephardi Comminity of Vienna in The Jews of Austria, London 1967 by Joseph Fraenkel, London 1967. Last use: No information