Temple Emil
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
Year consecrated1924
StatusSynagogue
Location
LocationManila
CountryPhilippines
Architecture
StyleMoorish
Funded byEmil Bachrach
Destroyed1945

Temple Emil was a Jewish synagogue in Manila, Philippines.

Consecrated in 1924, it was the first synagogue in the Philippines[1][2] and was funded by the family of Emil Bachrach, an American Jew.[3] It was destroyed in World War II during the 1945 Battle of Manila which led to the end of the Japanese occupation.[4]

It was situated along Taft Avenue in Manila. The building exhibited a Moorish architecture style.[5]

The Beth Yaacov Synagogue would be built in 1982 to replace Temple Emil in another site in Makati.

References

  1. "Philippines Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library. merican-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. "Philippines". World Jewish Congress. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. Harris, Bonnie. "Manila Memories: History of Jews in the Philippines". Asian Jewish Life (11).
  4. Harris, Bonnie. "Cantor Joseph Cysner: From Zbaszyn to Manila The Creation of an American Holocaust Haven" (PDF): 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "The Philippines: A distant haven from the Holocaust". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 4 May 2023.


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