The synagogue of Subotica is the only surviving Hungarian Art Nouveau Jewish place of worship in the world.

Erected by a prosperous Jewish community, with approximately 3,000 members, between 1901 and 1903, it highlighted the double, Hungarian-Jewish identity of its builders, who lived in a multi-ethnic, but predominantly Roman Catholic city, which was the third largest of the Hungarian Kingdom and the tenth largest of the Habsburg Empire.

The community hired Dezső Jakab and Marcell Komor, not well established in their practice, who would later make a significant imprint on the architecture of Subotica and Palić, the resort town near the city.

The women's gallery and the dome are supported by four pairs of steel pillars covered with gypsum with a palm leaf relief.

[citation needed] The former synagogue was renovated in a multi-million project, financed mainly by the Hungarian and Serbian governments, and opened in March 2018.