Târgu Ocna, the salt-mine town of the Trotuș valley in Bacău County, was home to a Jewish community of merchants and craftsmen: 867 Jews in the 1930 census. According to the memoirs of its natives, the Great Synagogue stood on Ferdinand Avenue, alongside a small synagogue near the market, prayer houses in the neighbourhoods and a Jewish-Romanian school. In July 1941 the Romanian authorities removed all the town’s Jews to Bacău, and only a few returned after the war. There is no community today; two cemeteries remain, the newer one with a monument to Jewish soldiers.
In the salt-mine town of the Trotuș valley lived a community of merchants and craftsmen, with a great synagogue on Ferdinand Avenue and small prayer houses in the neighbourhoods. In July 1941 all its…
In the salt-mine town of the Trotuș valley lived a community of merchants and craftsmen, with a great synagogue on Ferdinand Avenue…
The Federation’s directory lists no Jewish community in Târgu Ocna. The nearest registered community is in Bacău, about 40 km away as the crow flies.
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
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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.
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