{{Short description|Destroyed synagogue in Łódź, Poland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Ezras Izrael Synagogue | native_name = {{langx|pl|Synagoga Ezras Izrael}} | native_name_lang = | image = Synagoga Ezras Izrael w Łodzi.jpg | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = The former synagogue, between 1910 and 1920 | religious_affiliation = Orthodox Judaism {{small|(former)}} | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival = <!-- or |festivals= --> | organisational_status = Synagogue {{small|(1904&ndash;1939)}}<!-- or |organizational_status= --> | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = '''Destroyed''' | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = ul. Wólczańska 6 Street, Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = Poland | map_type = Poland Łódź Voivodeship | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the destroyed synagogue<br/>in Łódź Voivodeship | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|51.773|N|19.451|E|scale:10000_source:plwiki_region:PL_type:landmark|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger | architecture_type = Synagogue architecture | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = 1899 | year_completed = 1904 | construction_cost = | date_destroyed = November 1939 | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = Bricks | elevation_m = <!-- or |elevation_ft= --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = | module = <!-- for embedding other infobox templates --> | footnotes = }} The '''Ezras Izrael Synagogue''' ({{langx|pl|Synagoga Ezras Izrael}}), also known as '''Wołyńska Shul''', was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue or ''shul'', located at ul. Wólczańska 6 Street, in Łódź, in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger and completed in 1904, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis in November 1939.

== History == The synagogue was built between 1899 and 1904 from donations by the Jewish merchants including those expelled from Tsarist Lithuania and Belarus area. The synagogue flourished for thirty years before it was burned to the ground by the Nazis on November 11, 1939 before the Łódź Ghetto was established.<ref name="jewishgen">{{cite web |url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org:443/Lodz/syn.htm |title=Ezras Izrael Synagogue in Łódź, Poland |work=Shtetlinks |publisher=JewishGen |date= |access-date= }}</ref>

Other synagogues destroyed by the Nazis in Łódź included the Great Synagogue, on November 14, 1939, and the Stara Synagogue, on November 15–16, 1939.<ref name=Huberband>{{cite book |author=Huberband, Shimon |chapter=The Destruction of the Synagogues in Lodz |title=Łódź Ghetto: Inside a Community Under Siege |editor1=Adelson, A. |editor2=Lapidus, R. |editor3=plus unnamed others |display-editors=2 |location=New York |year=1989 |publisher= |isbn= |page= }}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> Ezras Synagogue 01.jpg|Synagogue before destruction Synagoga Ezras Israel na mapie Lodzi.jpg|Location of the synagogue in relation to the Łódź Ghetto (blue) </gallery>

== See also == {{stack|{{portal|Judaism|Poland}}}} * History of the Jews in Poland * List of active synagogues in Poland

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== External links == {{commons cat-inline|Ezras Izrael Synagogue in Łódź}}

{{Synagogues in Poland}}

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