Abrishami Synagogue

The Abrishami Synagogue (Persian: كنيسهء ابريشمى, romanized: Kanise ye Abrishami; Hebrew: בית הכנסת אברישמי) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Kakh Shomali neighborhood of Tehran, Iran.

The synagogue is situated within a compound that also includes a Jewish school,[1] a beit midrash, a mikveh, and a kosher restaurant.

[2] The synagogue was completed in September 1965 in the upper-middle-class neighborhood of Kakh Shomali (currently North Palestine Street).

The land on which the compound was built was granted by the Iranian Jewish philanthropist, Aghajan Abrishami and is 1,025 m2 (11,030 sq ft) in area.

[2] Abrishami Synagogue serves as the social and cultural center of the Jewish community of Tehran and is administered directly by the Chief Rabbi of Iran.