[3] From an architectural standpoint, the Ashkenazi synagogue is classical in style with a massive front buttress and is embellished with Byzantine Revival ornamentation.

There is a desire to make an imposing, monument, on whose pediment is a large Sefer Torah replacing what were hitherto discreet symbols of identity in the city.

The facade of the building is north-facing and never gets the sun, neither do windows to the south which is a facing a wall, this is unusual as synagogues are generally more oriented west–east.

Above the portal are carved in Hebrew the following Biblical verses: "Blessed are you at your coming and blessed art thou in thy going out" (Deuteronomy 28.6) "Come in turmoil into the house of God" (Psalms 55.15) And on top of the building: "Thou shalt love the Lord" (Deuteronomy 11:1) "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (Leviticus 19:18) The synagogue is in operation (the rabbi is Mr. Beldheb) but now follows the Sephardi rite and the present community is mainly from Morocco.

"Promised Land" was a Jewish society founded in Paris under the Second French Empire, which met until 1970, whose purpose was to render the last honors to ensure a dignified burial for the poor, to prevent them from ending up buried in a common site.