Or Torah Synagogue, Jewish synagogue in Acre, Israel

Or Torah Synagogue is a four-storey building at 13 Kaplan Street in Acre, completed in 1955. Its exterior and interior walls, ceiling and part of the floor are covered with hundreds of millions of naturally coloured mosaic stones brought from the Golan Heights to the Eilat mountains, and it has 140 stained-glass windows. The ground floor holds a study hall, the synagogue is on the second floor, the women's gallery on the third, and the fourth floor is devoted to the Holocaust.

The synagogue was founded in 1955 by Tunisian immigrants in an older building that had served as a community centre. Its plan is thought to replicate the El Ghriba synagogue on Djerba. The mosaics were made at Kibbutz Eilon, and the artwork took 54 years to complete.

The glass mosaics throughout the building display Jewish texts, holidays, and symbols that become visible as you move through the space. These artworks connect visitors to stories and traditions that are woven into the daily practice of worship here.

The synagogue stands at 13 Kaplan Street in Acre and is still run by the community founded by Tunisian immigrants. It is an active congregation, so contact the management before arriving and dress modestly; men cover their heads inside. The mosaics cover four floors, from the study hall on the first to the Holocaust artwork on the fourth, so allow time to climb through all of them.

Seven silver-doored arks stand in the synagogue, each assigned its own theme: world Jewish communities, the IDF, the Holocaust, the Ten Martyrs and Olei HaGardom, the Carmeli Brigade that took Acre in 1948, Eli Cohen, the Spanish Expulsion, Jerusalem and the Temple. They are meant to recall the seven heavens, and all are lined with mosaic inside.