Galați, Moldavia’s Danube port, was home to a Jewish community from the late 16th century. In 1930 it had 19,912 Jews, a fifth of the town’s population. It saw some of the worst riots in nineteenth-century Moldavia, among them the blood libel of 1859 and the deportees pushed into the Danube in 1867. From 1881 the town was the centre of Hibbat Zion in Romania, and the beginnings of Zikhron Ya’akov and Rosh Pinna were supported from here. Of more than twenty synagogues only the Craftsmen’s Temple remains, rededicated in 2014.
Merchants and boatmen on the Danube, the libel of 1859 and the deportees drowned in 1867, the committee behind Zikhron Ya’akov and Rosh Pinna, Reuven Rubin, the war and today.
Merchants and boatmen on the Danube, the libel of 1859 and the deportees drowned in 1867, the committee behind Zikhron Ya’akov and…
More than twenty synagogues of tailors’, carters’ and porters’ guilds, and only one left: the Craftsmen’s Temple on Strada Dornei, rededicated in…
Details from the community directory of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Contact the community before visiting to arrange access to the synagogue or cemetery and to ask about a minyan and kosher food. FCER community directory
str. Dornei 7–11 · Built in 1875
From the list of synagogues of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Synagogues marked “In use” are listed as functioning. The others still stand but may be closed or used as a museum or hall. Arrange visits with the community in advance. FCER list
str. Vegetalelor 82
str. Ștefan cel Mare 34
From the Federation’s cemetery list (2007). Arrange visits in advance with the community, which holds the keys.
Map of Jewish cemeteries in RomaniaAstronomical calculation for the town-centre coordinates, sea-level horizon, Romanian time: dawn 16.1°, tallit & tefillin 11.5°, nightfall 7.083°, candle lighting 18 minutes before sunset, Shabbat ends 8.5°. For orientation only; consult a rabbi on questions of halacha.
According to the chains’ own websites. Branch addresses and hours are in each chain’s store locator.
Hundreds of products from Romanian supermarkets with a recognised hechsher. In the catalogue you can filter by the chain you shop at.
Open the kosher catalogueGeneral guidance for travellers. For any kashrut question, consult a rabbi.
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