Editing Lviv (section)

====Judaism====
Lviv historically had a large and active [[History of the Jews in Ukraine|Jewish community]] and until 1941, at least 45 [[synagogue]]s and prayer houses existed. Even in the 16th century, two separate communities existed. One lived in today's old town with the other in the [[Krakowskie Przedmieście]]. The [[Golden Rose Synagogue (Lviv)|Golden Rose Synagogue]] was built in Lviv in 1582. In the 19th century, a more differentiated community started to spread out. [[Reform Judaism|Liberal Jews]] sought more [[cultural assimilation]] and spoke German and Polish. On the other hand, [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] and [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic Jews]] tried to retain the old traditions. Between 1941 and 1944, the Germans in effect completely destroyed the centuries-old Jewish tradition of Lviv. Most synagogues were destroyed and the Jewish population was forced first into a [[Nazi ghettos|ghetto]] before being forcibly transported to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]] where they were murdered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holocaust.kiev.ua/eng/seminarse/lviv.htm#vip2 |title=International Forum:"Challenge of Holocaust and Its Lessons" |work=Lviv Polytechnic National University Regional Holocaust Study Center: Ukrainian Holocaust History Study Center |date=November 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308035832/http://www.holocaust.kiev.ua/eng/seminarse/lviv.htm |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>

Under the Soviet Union, synagogues remained closed and were used as warehouses or cinemas. The last functioning synagogue was closed in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Entry for L'viv |url=https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/lviv |publisher=[[YIVO]] |access-date=16 November 2022 |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116213137/https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/lviv |url-status=live }}</ref> Only since the fall of the [[Iron Curtain]], has the remainder of the Jewish community experienced a faint revival.

Currently, the only functioning Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Lviv is the [[Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue]].