Guided tours of the Great Synagogue and Holocaust
Monument
Between June 18 and Sept 4, 2009,
Monday-Thursday 11 am, 1 pm,
Friday 11 am.
Entrance fee: SEK 120, $ 15 or € 10
Please notice that the guided tours of the synagogue will only take place as scheduled above.
For groups, please call in advance at phone 0708-211 897.
Entrance fee for groups: Up to 30 people 1.700 kr, up to 50 people 2.500 kr, up to 100 people 3.500 kr and over 100 people 4.000 kr.
The Holocaust Memorial in Stockholm
A memorial to the victims of the Holocaust is engraved on the wall leading from the entrance of The Great Synagogue to the Jewish Community office building. It was inaugurated in 1998 by Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden, and lists 8500 victims, relatives of Jews residing in Sweden. The 42-meter memorial bright serves as a link between a dark past, and a future. No entrance fee. Open during weekdays.
The Jewish Library
The Jewish Library is located under The Great Synagogue on Wahrendorffsgatan 3. The library is open Monday 3 -7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday 1-4 p.m.
Closed June 26 until August 2, 2009.
The Jewish museum
The museum is located at Hälsingegatan 2, phone 08-310143. The permanent displays include a number of showcases, where the artifacts are presented categorically such as Torah, Shabbat, Brit Mila etc. Since its start the museum has arranged a number of special exhibitions focusing on different aspects of Jewish life in Sweden. Opening hours: All days 12–4 pm, except Saturday www.judiska-museet.a.se
Jewish Community Centre
The JCC is located at Nybrogatan 19 in the Judaica House.
The Judaica House
The Judaica House at Nybrogatan 19 hosts various Jewish organizations. It also has a mikvah. For further information call 08-587 858 00.
The synagogues
The Great Synagogue is located at Wahrendorffsgatan 3 (next to the Community offices). It seats 900 people. This official national historical building, built in 1870 in an “oriental” style. The service is conservative/masorti. Women and men sit together on the right side of the main bottom floor and right side upstairs. Women are counted in the minyan and egalitarian services are held every other week on Shabbat.
Tourist information
Are you planning to visit a Shabbat service ? Please send in your name to info@jfst.se at the latest on Friday before 11.00 am.
You will be met by our security guards, who will carry out a security check at the entrance. Please follow their instructions. Bring an ID-card in order to facilitate the security check but no big bags.
Please notice that photographing on Shabbat and Holidays are prohibited.
Adas Jeschurun (orthodox)
Adas Jeschurun is situated at Riddargatan 5. The interior originally came from a synagogue in Hamburg which survived Kristallnacht in Germany 1938, and was shipped to Sweden just before the Second World War. The synagogue is situated on the 2nd floor in the building housing the Hillel School.
Adat Jisrael (orthodox)
Adat Jisrael is situated at S:t Paulsgatan 13 in a building from the 18th century renovated some 25 years ago and well worth a visit.
The synagogue has a history of more than a hundred year old, and Adat Jisrael was long known as the ”poylische minyan”.
For further information about the synagogues or about religious services, please call 08-587 858 00.
Kosherian
Nybrogatan 19, phone 08-663 65 80, www.kosherian.se
Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11 - 4 until mid-August
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays until mid-August
The following restaurants have no hashgacha, but ingredients have been checked by the orthodox Rabbi:
RESTAURANT HÄLSOKOST LEMURIA, kosher ingredients. Serves vegan food. Address: Nybrogatan 26, phone 08-660 02 21. Opening hours: every Monday–Friday 10 am–6 pm.
LAO WAI, Chinese vegetarian restaurant, Luntmakargatan 74, phone, 08-673 78 00.
The following products have been checked and approved by orthodox Rabbi:
In general, regular plain milk products like yoghurt, milk, butter are checked. Bread: Schulstad, Pågen, Vivels, Europabagaren – dairy and parve. Ice cream – see list. Smoked salmon, Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Kosher wine can be purchased at Systembolaget. Complete kosher list.