JEWISH MONUMENTS IN SÁTORALJAÚJHELY
The Orthodox prayer room building, memorial plaque
Theater Lane
The nineteenth-century prayer room was the site of ceremonies held by the Hasidic community of Sátoraljaújhely. Today, of the many reminders of the Jewish presence in the city, only the two cemeteries and this prayer room remain as memorial sites of what was once a vibrant community.
In the period after the Holocaust, the prayer room remained open and in use until the 1960s, providing a space for the communal and religious life of a handful of surviving and returning Jewish inhabitants. The local mashgiach (an employee of the Jewish religious community responsible for the ritual slaughter of farm animals) worked in the building, and the spaces he used can still be found there today.
Over the course of the past decade, the building has become increasingly dilapidated. Some of the most urgent tasks from the perspective of conservation were carried out by the local government, but full renovation is yet to come. The Ferenc Kazinczy Museum of Petőfi Literary Museum (PIM), MAZSIHISZ, and the city leaders reached an agreement concerning the preservation of the building and possibly the development of a Jewish museum, but at present there are no available funds to finance these plans.
The building is currently closed to visitors.
Source:
- Ágnes Szathmári-Király: „Fényes Újhely” – más megvilágításban a Kő kövön kiállítás (“Bright Újhely” – The Stone on Stone exhibition in a new light]
- The Chevra Kadisa Association, Sátoraljaújhely
- The Ferenc Kazinczy Museum of the Petőfi Literary Museum
JEWISH MONUMENTS IN SÁTORALJAÚJHELY
The Orthodox prayer room building, memorial plaque
Theater Lane
The nineteenth-century prayer room was the site of ceremonies held by the Hasidic community of Sátoraljaújhely. Today, of the many reminders of the Jewish presence in the city, only the two cemeteries and this prayer room remain as memorial sites of what was once a vibrant community.
In the period after the Holocaust, the prayer room remained open and in use until the 1960s, providing a space for the communal and religious life of a handful of surviving and returning Jewish inhabitants. The local mashgiach (an employee of the Jewish religious community responsible for the ritual slaughter of farm animals) worked in the building, and the spaces he used can still be found there today.
Over the course of the past decade, the building has become increasingly dilapidated. Some of the most urgent tasks from the perspective of conservation were carried out by the local government, but full renovation is yet to come. The Ferenc Kazinczy Museum of Petőfi Literary Museum (PIM), MAZSIHISZ, and the city leaders reached an agreement concerning the preservation of the building and possibly the development of a Jewish museum, but at present there are no available funds to finance these plans.
The building is currently closed to visitors.
Source:
- Ágnes Szathmári-Király: „Fényes Újhely” – más megvilágításban a Kő kövön kiállítás (“Bright Újhely” – The Stone on Stone exhibition in a new light]
- The Chevra Kadisa Association, Sátoraljaújhely
- The Ferenc Kazinczy Museum of the Petőfi Literary Museum