Mukacheve (Munkács), Ukraine Synagogue

Old Munkács Synagogues

By 1941, there were approximately thirty synagogues in Munkács.
Some of them were private in the person's home or behind the home.
Following is a partial list. If you have a synagogue name to add to the
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Beis Hamedrish Hagodol		Beis Haknesses Hagdolo
The Rav's Beis Hamedrish		Beis Hamedrish Shel Rabbi Yosef Zurech (known as Kleina Beis Hamedrish)
Chevra Tanach		Beis Hamredish Chevras Temimei Derech
Beis Hamredish Eitz Chaim		Beis Hamredish Yeshouas Yisruel
Beis Hamredish Shomrei Tefilla		Beis Hamredish Chevra Mishneiyous Tiferes Yisruel
Beis Hamredish Shel Admoreiei Zdizhoiv		Beis Hamredish Anshei Dolina
Kloz Dechasidi Spinka		Belzer Kloz
Beis Hamredish Dechasidi Viznitz Ve'antenia		Beis Hamredish Sheves Achim
Fuchs Klozel		Beis Hamredish Shel Chaim Binyumin Speigel
Beis Hamredish Shas Chevra		...

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~ Beis Haknesses Hagdolo ~
Postcard: photographer unknown
(The Great Synagogue)

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~ Great Synagogue views ~

Great Synagogue Interior I
Postcard: photographer unknown

Great Synagogue Interior II
Postcard: photographer unknown

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Great Synagogue Interior III
Postcard: photographer unknown

Great Synagogue Exterior
Postcard: photographer unknown

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Site of the former Great Synagogue
Photo: Copyright ©2011 Marshall KATZ, USA

On the corner of Zsido (Jewish) (today Raoul Wallenberg) and Fö (Main) Streets, is the site of the synagogue used by non-Hasidic Jews. It was torn down after WWII and replaced with the above building.

~ Beis Hamedrish Hagodol ~
(The Great Synagogue)

The Great Beis Hamedrish synagogue was the religious center for the Munkács Hasidic community. Rabbi SPIRA prayed here twice a year: on the Shabbat before Pesach and after Rosh Hashana.

The former Beis Hamedrish synagogue building was being used as a food depot for the Ukrainian Army.

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Beis Hamedrish I
Photo: Courtesy Nathan N. ROSENSHEIN, USA

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Beis Hamedrish II
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

Rear wall of the synagogue.

Beis Hamedrish III
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

Beis Hamedrish IV
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

View from the yard of the house next door.

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Beis Hamedrish V
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

Rear wall of the synagogue.

Beis Hamedrish VI
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

Beis Hamedrish VII
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

View from the yard of the house next door.

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Beis Hamedrish VIII
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

View from the yard of the house next door.

Beis Hamedrish IX
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

Right to left: Abraham "Bumie" LEIBOWITZ, Rabbi Moshe Leib RABINOWITZ - the Munkatscher Rebbe, and other Chassidim.

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Beis Hamedrish X
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

View from the yard of the house next door.

Beth-Din Shtibel
(Religious Court Building)
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

This building in the yard of the Beis Hamedrish is where the religious court held their meetings.

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Beis Hamedrish - Restored I
Photo: Courtesy Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel

Beis Hamedrish - Restored III
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Beis Hamedrish - Restored II
Photo: Courtesy Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel

~ Beis Hamredish Yeshouas Yisruel ~
(Sugar Street Synagogue)

The red building in the photograph below is the former Sugar Street synagogue, presently located on the property at 60 Sugar Street.

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Sugar Street Synagogue I
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

Sugar Street Synagogue II
Photo: Courtesy Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary ©2005

~ Other Synagogues ~

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Beis Hamedrish of Rabbi Yosef ZURECH
Photo: Courtesy Ari TESSLER, Belgium
Courtyard view

Beis Hamredish Shas Chevra
Photo: Courtesy Ari TESSLER, Belgium

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Chevra Tanach
Photo: Courtesy Ari TESSLER, Belgium

Kloz Dechasidi Spinka
Photo: Courtesy Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel

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The Rav's Beis Hamedrish
Photo: Courtesy Ari TESSLER, Belgium

Beis Hamredish Anshei Dolina
Photo: Courtesy Ari TESSLER, Belgium

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Unknown I
Photo: Courtesy Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel

Unknown II
Photo: Courtesy Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel

~ Mikvahs ~
(Ritual Baths)

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Former Mikvah I
Photo: photographer unknown

Former Mikvah II
Photo: Courtesy Ari TESSLER, Belgium

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Former Mikvah III
Photo: Courtesy Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel

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Created by:
Marshall J. KATZ, USA
Compiled by: Louis SCHONFELD, USA
and with assistance from the following:

JewishGen members/descendants and
contributors of Mukacheve Jewish families:

Sandor BACSKAI, Hungary
Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel
Nathan N. ROSENSHEIN, USA
Louis SCHONFELD, USA.

Updated: 14 December 2020

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