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{{Short description|Synagogue in Tehran, Iran}}
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'''Rah-e Danesh Synagogue''' is a [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]], located near Yusefabad Street in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Religious Minorities in Iran |author=Sanasarian, Eliz |page=77 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn= }}</ref>
== History ==
In the decade of the 1340s [[Solar Hijri calendar|SH]] (1961–1971&nbsp;AD) the number of Jews in the Yusefabad neighborhood increased dramatically. Thus a group of Jews decided to create the Synagogue in the Yusefabad street in twentieth alley. The building, which also contains a Jewish school, was built over three levels. The {{convert|240|m2|adj=on}} synagogue is located on the third floor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.7dorim.com/en/pictures/rah-e-danesh-synagogue/ |title=Rah-e Danesh Synagogue
|work=7dorim.com |date=Summer 2009 |access-date=8 October 2024 |format=with image gallery |lang=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Sohrabi, N. M. |year=2024 |title=The politics of in/visibility: The Jews of urban Tehran |journal=Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses |volume=53 |number=1 |pages=74-92 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298231152642 |access-date=8 October 2024 }}</ref>
The synagogue experienced major reconstruction in 1388 SH (2009–2010&nbsp;AD).<ref name="7dorim">{{cite web |url=http://www.7dorim.com/Tasavir/kenisa_rahdanesh.asp |title=کنیسای راه دانش |trans-title=Knowledge Road Synagogue |work=7dorim.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-15 |language=fa}}</ref>
==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Judaism|Iran}}}}
* [[History of the Jews in Iran]]
* [[List of synagogues in Iran]]
== References ==
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{{Jews and Judaism in Iran}}
[[Category:Synagogues in Tehran]]
[[Category:Pahlavi architecture]]
[[Category:20th-century synagogues in the Middle East]]
[[Category:Synagogues completed in 1971]]
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