Golden Rose Synagogue (Dnipro)

The Golden Rose Synagogue (Дніпровська Хоральна Синагога «Золота Роза») is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located on Kotsyubinskiy Street/Sholom Aleichem Street, in Dnipro, Ukraine.

History
The Golden Rose synagogue was built in 1868 (when Dnipro was named Yekaterinoslav). In 1924 the building was used as a workers' club and a warehouse and above the portice a seal of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was located in place of the Magen David. In 1996 the building was returned to the Jewish community. In 1999 the reconstruction began, following the design by a local Jewish architect, A. Dolnik. Frank Meisler, an Israeli artist, designed the foyer, the prayer hall and the Holy Ark.

Above the sanctuary entrance is a representation of golden roses, made by Meisler.

A small rotunda between the lobby and sanctuary is decorated with the first line of the Sh’ma Israel prayer. The first words of Sh'ma Israel in Hebrew are at left, but the first words in Russian are at right. The two versions continue around the rotunda until the last words in Russian and Hebrew meet on the opposite side. The doors to the Aaron haKodesh illustrate the Ten Commandments.

A Jewish community center, called the Menorah center, with a library, soup kitchen, classrooms, offices, and a museum called "Tkumah" (rebirth) was opened adjacent to the synagogue in October 2012. A major shopping center, estimated in 2007 to be one of the largest shopping malls in all of Europe, borders three sides of the synagogue building.

The Director of the Jewish Community of Dnipro is Vyacheslav Brez. The Chief Rabbi of Dnipro is Shmuel Kaminetsky. The congregation is a leading member of the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Ukraine.