Prayer for victims tonight at Paris synagogue

A “prayer and contemplation” ceremony will be held this evening at 8 p.m. Paris time in the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire.

The Consistoire Central, a union of Jewish communities in France, said in a press statement that “in homage to the victims of terror attacks in Paris on Friday November 13, the chief rabbi of France, Haim Korsia, the president of the Consistoire, Joel Mergui, and the chief rabbi of Paris, Michel Gugenheim, will preside over the ceremony.

The synagogue is located at 44 Rue de la Victoire, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

A view of the interior of the Synagogue de la Victoire in Paris, France. (Courtesy lavictoire.org)
A view of the interior of the Synagogue de la Victoire in Paris, France. (Courtesy lavictoire.org)

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