Jewish Community Welfare and Cultural Center “Hesed” is located in the very center of the city. A synagogue was located at this place, which was closed and transformed to a residential building. In 1995, the building was transferred to the Jewish community. With the support of the Joint, the building was restored. With the support of the Posner Foundation (USA), a two-story building was built. In 2001, the Hesed Chana Jewish Community Center was officially registered. Currently, it provides welfare assistance to Jews throughout the PMR.

Hesed of Tiraspol is a public organization. It renders welfare help and takes care of the needy, elderly, the lonely, the sick, the former prisoners of the ghetto and concentration camps. There is a program to help large families and low-income families with children, a women’s club. A small museum in Hesed tells about the history of the Jews of the region. There is a small exposition dedicated to the Holocaust. Sunday school, youth events and summer camps are held. Members of the Jewish community living in other cities of the PMR are brought to many events. Hesed organizes tourist trips to places connected with Jewish history – Rashkov, Dubossary, and Rybnitsa. Concerts and cultural programs are regularly held as well.

  • The Jewish cemetery is located in the industrial suburb of Tiraspol, the village of Kirov. The area is about 60 thousand square meters. More than 2,300 graves have been found in the cemetery. Most burials are catalogued. It is believed that the cemetery was opened at the end of the 19th century. In 1980, there was an attempt to close it and ban burials there. According to Soviet laws, this meant the possibility of demolition and destruction of the cemetery if there were no burials for 20 years. It was a typical Soviet method of destroying cemeteries. However, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, burials at the cemetery continued.

    The cemetery is surrounded by a fence, in which many places have been destroyed.

  • Jewish Community Welfare and Cultural Center “Hesed” is located in the very center of the city. A synagogue was located at this place, which was closed and transformed to a residential building. In 1995, the building was transferred to the Jewish community. With the support of the Joint, the building was restored. With the support of the Posner Foundation (USA), a two-story building was built. In 2001, the Hesed Chana Jewish Community Center was officially registered. Currently, it provides welfare assistance to Jews throughout the PMR.

    Hesed of Tiraspol is a public organization. It renders welfare help and takes care of the needy, elderly, the lonely, the sick, the former prisoners of the ghetto and concentration camps. There is a program to help large families and low-income families with children, a women’s club.

  • The monument to the victims of the Holocaust, the Jews exterminated in Tiraspol, was opened in January 2018. It is believed that an action of mass extermination of Jews was carried out not far from this place. Mass executions were carried out in at least six places in Tiraspol. The monument is a marble slab with an inscription in Russian: “In memory of those innocently killed during the Nazi occupation of the city of Tiraspol. 1941 -1944. Above is a six-pointed star. The opening was attended by representatives of the government, heads of organizations, and media.

    There were three ghettos in Tiraspol at different times where Jews from Moldova, Romania, Bukovina and Ukraine, Jewish prisoners of war were placed. Their locations are not marked.

  • The synagogue was built in 1997. Area 180 square meters. The building has three floors. It is believed that it was opened on the site where there used to be a synagogue, the building of which was destroyed during the Second World War.

    When opening a synagogue in Tiraspol, the Jewish community faced many difficulties. The main one was that in the early 90s of the 20th century there were many cases of attacks on Jews and threats to attempts to create Jewish organizations in the city. The synagogues of Tiraspol were destroyed twice: in the 1930s, when synagogue closing actions took place throughout the Soviet Union and in 1959, when the last operating at that time was closed. Most of the buildings that once housed synagogues were destroyed during World War II.

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