Bethlen Square Synagogue
The Bethlen Square Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, that is located at 2 Bethlen Gábor Square, in the VII district of Budapest, Hungary. The synagogue is located inside the former Jewish Institute for the Deaf, Budapest (Hungarian: Izraelita Siketnémák Budapesti Országos Intézete) building, that is now part of the Budapest campus of McDaniel College, a U.S. liberal arts college.[2] HistoryThe institute building was completed in 1876.[3] In 1944, the institute closed as a result of World War II.[4] The institute's building has long since become a synagogue and center of Jewish community.[5] Izrael Zachariah Deutsch was a student at the institute, from around the time of the Holocaust. Dezső Kanizsai was a teacher at the institute, from 1907. See alsoReferences
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