[1] In 1924 the building was used as a workers' club and a warehouse and above the portice a seal of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was located in place of the Magen David.

Frank Meisler, an Israeli artist, designed the foyer, the prayer hall and the Holy Ark.

A small rotunda between the lobby and sanctuary is decorated with the first line of the Sh’ma Israel prayer.

The two versions continue around the rotunda until the last words in Russian and Hebrew meet on the opposite side.

A Jewish community center, called the Menorah center, with a library, soup kitchen, classrooms, offices, and a museum called "Tkumah" (rebirth) was opened adjacent to the synagogue in October 2012.