Synagogue in Roman
(in Roman, Romanina) “Between 1859-1860, there were 3,288 Jews; in 1899 – 4,019, in 1930 – 5,925.” [1]
“Central Synagogue was built in 1837 on the site of a wooden synagogue that operates already in the XIV century, which was rebuilt in 1703 and burned in 1830.” [2]
The Jewish population of Roman was over 6,000 in the 1940s and there were 18 synagogues. In 2007, there were only 60 Jews.
Researcher and author Ruth Ellen Gruber took these photos of a Jewish cemetery in Roman as part of her Candlesticks in Stone project.
For pictures from a Jewish cemetery in Roman, click this image (which is © 2009, Iancu Georgetta). Note: Georgetta tells me the synagogue pictures at that link were taken in Raduti, Romania about 50 km. North of Roman.
© 2009, Iancu Georgeta
[2] Source: my Cyberfriend Emil in Oradea, Romania (500-542 km East of Roman)
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