Synagogue de Neuilly

The Synagogue of Neuilly -sur -Seine in the city of Neuilly -sur -Seine is a synagogue in the Île- de -France region and is part of the department of Hauts- de -Seine, which adjoins the west of Paris. It is located 12, rue Ancelle. The nearest métro station is Sablons at line 1

History

1872 had the Jews of Neuilly in a private home (15, rue Louis -Philippe ) a prayer room. 1875 in Neuilly established a legally independent Jewish community under a native of Lorraine Chairman Godechaux Oulry and decided to build a synagogue. As an architect Emile Ulmann (1844-1902) was commissioned, still a young Jewish architect who was awarded the Prix de Rome. The construction of the synagogue was his first job. 1878, the synagogue was inaugurated in the Rue Jacques Dulud. She is the oldest of the Paris suburb of synagogues.

The first rabbi of Neuilly was Simon Debré ( 1854-1939 ). He was the father of the famous pediatrician Robert Debré and the architect Germain Debré and the grandfather of Michel Debré, who was prime minister under Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962.

In the 1930s, the Jewish community had grown to 6,000 people and an increase in the synagogue had become necessary. The reconstructions were performed under the architect Germain Debré, son of Rabbi Simon Debré, and Julien Hirsch. On 24 October 1937, the new synagogue was inaugurated.

Under the Vichy regime of Rabbi Robert Meyers and his wife Suzanne, nee Bauer, were deported to Auschwitz in 1943. A plaque commemorates the deportation of the Jews of Neuilly.

Architecture

The synagogue was originally a square plan and the entrance was to rue Jacques Dulud. There still are two gazebos, which are crowned by the tablets of the law and in its center is a portal with the Hebrew inscription from the Book of Psalms (Ps 118.19 EU) is: Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will enter to to thank God. The building is covered by a large dome which is pierced by 24 windows and still goes back to the Byzantine -inspired building designed by Uhlmann. During the renovation of the synagogue in the 1930s, the entrance to the Rue Ancelle was moved and extended the ship. The new entrance is provided with a row of seven round arches and two oculi, which enclose the Star of David. The Star of David is also the entrance, on the throne, the tablets of the law, and represented on the capitals of the columns. The interior is decorated in the style of the 30s.