Novi Sad Synagogue (
Serbian: Новосадска синагога, Novosadska sinagoga) is one of many cultural institutions in
Novi Sad,
Serbia, in the capital of
Serbian the province of
Vojvodina. Located on Jevrejska (Jewish) Street, in the
city center, the synagogue has been recognized as a historic landmark. It served the local
Neolog congregation.
The new synagogue, the fifth to be erected at the same location since the 18th century, became a major project for the entire Jewish community of Novi Sad, on which construction began in 1905 and was completed in 1909. Projected by Hungarian architect Baumhorn Lipót, it was part of a bigger complex of buildings that included on both sides of the synagogue two edifices decorated in a similar pattern: One building served as the Jewish school and other as offices of the Jewish community.
More than 4,000 Jews lived in
Novi Sad before the
Second World War, out of a total population of 80,000. Only about 1,000 of them survived the
Holocaust that followed the German invasion of
Yugoslavia in 1941 and the annexation of
Bačka region by
Hungary.[2] Many moved to Israel after the war. There are an estimated 400 Jews living in Novi Sad today. Currently, while the synagogue is not used for religious ceremonies, it is used for many cultural concerts and events.