Magain Shalome Synagogue

former Jewish synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan

The Magain Shalome Synagogue (Urdu: مگین شلوم کنیسہ; Hebrew: בית הכנסת מגן שלום) was a synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan. It was considered as the former "National Synagogue of Pakistan" respectively. [1][2]

Magain Shalome Synagogue in 1893.

Magain Shalome was built in 1893, when Pakistan was still part of India. After 1948, many of Pakistan's Jews moved to India and Israel. In 1988, the government destroyed it to make room for a shopping mall. The cemetery is still there.[1][2]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jewish Treats (August 14, 2020). "Jews In Pakistan". National Jewish Outreach Program. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jon Boone (December 26, 2014). "Pakistan's last self-declared Jew campaigns to save cemetery". Guardian. Retrieved June 27, 2021.