The Beit Yehuda Synagogue, also known as Assayag Synagogue, is a cultural landmark and museum in Tangier, Morocco.
Unlike other Moroccan cities, Tangier had no walled Jewish quarter or mellah. [1]: 93 Even so, its synagogues were clustered in a neighborhood on the southwestern side of the medina, [2] known as Beni Idder for the family that initiated its development. [1]: 92
The Beit Yehuda Synagogue was founded in 1890 slightly north of Beni Idder on the other side of rue Es-Siaghine. It remained in service until the late 1950s. It was then abandoned for about six decades. [3]
The former synagogue's revival as a museum was one of the cultural initiatives launched by the Moroccan government in the wake of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement of December 2020. [4] The renovation was led by architect Malika Laâroussi, and the creation of the museum by museographer Isabelle Timsit. [5] The museum was inaugurated on 19 August 2022. [6]