Or Thora Synagogue (Marseille)

The Or Thora Synagogue, also referred to as the Or Torah Synagogue ("Light of the Torah synagogue"), is a former Jewish synagogue, located in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France. Established by pieds-noirs in 1962, it was acquired by an Islamic community in 2016 and was scheduled to become a mosque.

History
The synagogue was established by pieds-noirs from French Algeria in 1962. It is located on the Rue Saint Dominique, off the Boulevard d'Athènes, between the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles and the Canebière, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille.

AS a result of antisemitism in Marseille, the synagogue ceased operating. Concurrently, the nearby mosque, run by Al Badr, was unable to handle the weekly overcrowding. The synagogue building was sold in 2016 for €400,000 to Al Badr Association, a Muslim organization. The Association planned to turn it into a mosque.