Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue

The Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Kowea Itim le-Tora) was an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 42 Józefa Street, in Kazimierz, Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland. The congregation was known as the Society for Torah Study.

Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue
Polish: Synagoga Kowea Itim le-Tora
The former synagogue in 2025
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism (former)
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue (1810–c. 1939) Profane use (????–????) Residential (since ????)
Status	Inactive (as a synagogue); Repurposed
Location
Location	42 Józefa Street Kazimierz, Kraków
Country	Poland
Location of the former synagogue, now apartment complex, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	50°03′05.1″N 19°56′51.7″E
Architecture
Architect	Łazarz Rock (1912)
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Romanesque Revival (1912)
Completed	1810; 1912 (remodelled)
Materials	Brick
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The synagogue was built in 1810 and was re-modelled by Łazarz Rock in the Romanesque Revival style in 1912. The synagogue was devastated by the Nazis during World War II.^[1]

After the war, for some time it housed a shelter for displaced persons of the Social Welfare Department of the Provincial Jewish Committee. The building now serves as a residential apartment building.^[2]

See also

• Judaism portal
• Poland portal

• History of the Jews in Poland
• List of active synagogues in Poland
• Synagogues of Kraków