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Great Synagogue
Great Synagogue
Polish: Wielka Synagoga w Jaśle
	A postcard of the former synagogue, c. 1911
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1905–1939)
Status	Destroyed
Location
Location	Karol Szajnocha Street, Szajnocha Square, Jasło, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Country	Poland
	Location of the destroyed synagogue; in Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	49°44′55″N 21°28′16″E / 49.7485613°N 21.4711046°E
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Completed	1905
Destroyed	Yom Kippur 1939
Materials	Brick

The Great Synagogue (Polish: Wielka Synagoga w Jaśle) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Karol Szajnocha Street, in the Szajnocha Square, in Jasło, in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship of Poland. Completed in 1905, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on Yom Kippur in 1939.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

After World War II, a restaurant was built on the site.

A replica façade of the former Jasło Synagogue was included in the rebuild of the Forest Hill Jewish Centre, on Spadina Road in Toronto, Canada.^[4]^[5]

^ "Jasło – The Great Synaggue (sic.)". Virtual Sztetl. Warsaw: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
^ Rappoport, Rabbi Dr. Itzhak. "Chapter 18: The Synagogue". History of the Jews of Jaslo. pp. 44–47. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via JewishGen: Yizkor Book Project.
^ Mendys, Wladyslaw (1992). The Jewish Community in Old Jasło (in Polish). Translated by Hendry, Monika. Jasło: The Socio-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via JewishGen: KahilaLink.
^ "Jaslo Synagogue". Forest Hill Jewish Centre. 2006. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ "Grand Opening". Forest Hill Jewish Centre.