| Or Thora Synagogue | |
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| Location: | 14 rue Saint Dominique, Marseille |
| Country: | France |
| Map Type: | France Marseille |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Year Completed: | 1962 |
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The Or Thora Synagogue, also referred to as the Or Torah Synagogue ("Light of the Torah synagogue"), is a former Jewish synagogue, located in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France. Established by pieds-noirs in 1962, it was acquired by an Islamic community in 2016 and was scheduled to become a mosque.
The synagogue was established by pieds-noirs from French Algeria in 1962.[1] [2] It is located on the Rue Saint Dominique, off the Boulevard d'Athènes, between the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles and the Canebière, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille.[3]
AS a result of antisemitism in Marseille, the synagogue ceased operating. Concurrently, the nearby mosque, run by Al Badr, was unable to handle the weekly overcrowding.[4] The synagogue building was sold in 2016 for €400,000 to Al Badr Association, a Muslim organization. The Association planned to turn it into a mosque.[1] [5] [6] [7]