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GIBRALTAR


Jews in Gibraltar
Jewish Cultural Heritage Sites in Gibraltar
Gibraltar Great Synagogue Flemish Synagogue
Abudarham Synagogue Etz Hayim Synagogue
Jews’ Gate Cemetery North Front Cemetery
Jewish School
Contacts
Sources

Jews in Gibraltar
Jews were readmitted to Gibraltar after the British took the territory from Spain, in 1704. By the mid 18th century, the community comprised about one third of the tiny peninsular’s population. Today, the Gibraltarian Jewish community numbers around 600, many of whom are Sephardim with their roots in Morocco. Four historic synagogues are still in use.

Jewish Cultural Heritage Sites in Gibraltar
A complete overview of Gibraltar’s four historic synagogues and the two Jewish cemeteries on the Rock is available in Kadish 2007, the result of a survey by Jewish Heritage UK (see www.jewish-heritage-uk.org/gib/gib1.htm).

Gibraltar Great Synagogue
Sha’ar HaShamayim
This, the first modern-era synagogue on the Iberian peninsula, was founded in 1724 by Isaac Nieto (or Netto) of London. The current building, with its original interior, dates from 1812.

Address
49, Engineer Lane, corner of Castle Street

‘Flemish Synagogue’
Nefusot Yehudah
Built 1799-1800, and noted for its distinctive Flemish gable and 200 year old palm tree, on the Line Wall. The interior was reconstructed after a fire in 1911.

Address
65, Line Wall Road

Abudarham Synagogue
The present building dates from 1821.

Address
20, Parliament Lane

Etz Hayim Synagogue
Inside an early 19th century house, the interior has been modernised.

Address
91, Irish Town

Jews’ Gate Cemetery
Thought to have been opened in 1746, closed 1848.

Location
Windmill Hill, off Queens Road

North Front Cemetery, Jewish Section
Opened 1848, in use.

Location
Off Devil’s Tower Road

Jewish School
Gibraltar Talmud Torah Hebrew School
Built 1895 by Samuel Levy. Contains a children’s synagogue. In use.

Address
10-12, Bomb House Lane

Contacts
Managing Board of the Jewish Community of Gibraltar:
Address

Telephone
Fax
Email
10 Bomb House Lane
Gibraltar
+350 72606
+350 40487
mbjc@gibtelecom.net

Sources

(Updated August 2008)
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