Europe’s smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own, complete with geothermal mikvah

Iceland opens first Jewish center

Europe’s smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own - complete with geothermal mikveh.

Europe’s smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own, complete with geothermal mikvah

The Beit Shvidler Jewish Center of Iceland includes a synagogue, a seminar room seating nearly 80 people, a kosher shop, a community kitchen, a youth center, a library lounge, and a security center.

Europe’s smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own — complete with geothermal mikvah

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Until recently, this city located near the Arctic Circle was one of the few places in Europe where organized Jewish life did not exist — no synagogue, no ritual bath, no communal building. That changed this week,…

Europe's smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own — complete with geothermal mikvah

A Jewish center opens in Reykjavik.

Reykjavik Celebrates Opening of Iceland’s First Jewish Center

After more than a century of Jewish life without a permanent home, Iceland’s Jewish community celebrated the opening of a landmark 9,000-square-foot Chabad center in the heart of Reykjavik.

Iceland Gets Its First Jewish Center

The dream in question is the Beit Shvidler Jewish Center of Iceland, a 9,000-square-foot structure that opened that evening as the country’s first Jewish center and Jewish culture house. Three stories tall, its distinctive color and design makes the building a landmark and instantly recognizeable.