The community grew until World War II and the synagogue expanded in 1937 under the eye of architects Germain Debré and Hirsch.

On Rue Edouard Nortier, another plaque commemorates the names of 17 children aged 3 to 11 years, who were housed in a former clinic run by the Nuns, they were on July 25, 1944, rounded up, deported and murdered by the Nazis.

His successor, Rabbi Edouard Gourevitch, saw the arrival in 1962 of huge number of Jews from Algeria who brought a new vitality to the community.

[citation needed] In 1975, the Grand Rabbi Jerome Cahen and his wife revived the community, turning resolutely towards youth.

[citation needed] In 1978, the centenary of the synagogue was celebrated in the presence of the authorities and former Prime Minister Debré.