Magain Shalome Synagogue

Magain Shalome Synagogue in 1893.

The Magain Shalome Synagogue (Urdu: مگین شلوم کنیسہ‎code: ur is deprecated ; Hebrew: בית הכנסת מגן שלוםcode: he is deprecated ) was a synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan. It was considered as the former "National Synagogue of Pakistan" respectively. ^[1]^[2]

Magain Shalome was built in 1893, when Pakistan was still part of India. After 1948, many of Pakistan's Jews moved to India and Israel. In 1988, the government destroyed it to make room for a shopping mall. The cemetery is still there.^[1]^[2]

Magain Shalome Synagogue Media

Interior of the synagogue, c. 1940s
Synagogue entrance, c. 1951
Courtyard fountain, c. 1951
The synagogue's rabbi, photographed with his son, c. 1951

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jewish Treats (August 14, 2020). "Jews In Pakistan". National Jewish Outreach Program. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Jon Boone (December 26, 2014). Pakistan’s last self-declared Jew campaigns to save cemetery. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/26/pakistan-last-jewish-cemetery-campaign. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

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[NJOP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Jewish Treats (August 14, 2020). "Jews In Pakistan". National Jewish Outreach Program. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[Guardian-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Jon Boone (December 26, 2014). Pakistan’s last self-declared Jew campaigns to save cemetery. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/26/pakistan-last-jewish-cemetery-campaign. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

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