The Sejny synagogue is a former synagogue in Sejny, Poland, also called the White Synagogue in Sejny.
The large, Neo-baroque style building on Pilsudskiego Street was erected in the 1860s, replacing an older building. It was used by the Nazis as a fire station, the interior was gutted and all furnishings were destroyed. It was restored - with a plain, modern interior - in 1987 and now serves as a cultural center, theater and museum.[1]
Called the Borderland Foundation (Fundacja Pogranicze), the foundation and its cultural center are dedicated to the cultures of the region: Polish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Jewish, Ukrainian and Russian.[citation needed]AKlezmer band is based at the cultural center.[citation needed]
The nineteenth century yeshiva building also survives, and is also used by the Borderland Foundation.[citation needed]
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