WHERE IS IT?
Jewish Cultural Centre is located at 16 Jevrejska Street in Dorćol, near Cara Dušana Street.
THE HISTORY
The building in 16 Jevrejska Street was erected in 1923 as work of architect Samuel Sumbul. Until 1941, the home of the Sephardic Jewish Society- Oneg Shabbat was the gathering place of the Dorćol Jews.
It housed a home for the elderly and the premises of a youth club, as well as a hall for performing religious rites. In the period from 1993. to 2018., the building was taken care by B92 radio and fund, as well as the Rex cultural centre.
The building was returned to the Jewish Community under the law on the elimination of the consequences of confiscation of property of Holocaust victims who have no living legal heirs, which was adopted in 2016.
In 2017, by the decision of Assembly of the Jewish Community of Belgrade, a Jewish Culural Center was established in the Oneg Shabbat building.
The building was constructed as a two- storey building in a decorative eclectic (mixed) style.
There were two inscriptions on the facade that indicated the purpose:
"Oneg Shabbat", "Gemilut Hasadim" and the inscription that stands out today,
"Don't dismiss me before old age when strength betrays me, don't leave me" (Ps.71).
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR
The building at Jevrejska 16 was erected in 1923, according to the project of arch. Samuel Sumbul.
The building was erected as a two-storey building in a decorative eclectic (mixed) style.
After renovation during 2020-21. the building has finally been renovated, so the central part of the interior is intended for a ceremonial hall with a stage and an auditorium. Above the ceremonial hall there is a gallery, and other rooms are intended for administrative work.
