Ohel Moshe Synagogue

E779868

historic building synagogue tourist attraction

Ohel Moshe Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in Shanghai, China, notable for serving Jewish refugees during World War II and now housing the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ohel Moshe Synagogue canonical	4
上海摩西会堂	1
摩西会堂	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9146072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ohel Moshe Synagogue
Context triple: [Jewish Refugees Museum, occupiesBuilding, Ohel Moshe Synagogue]

A. Etz Hayyim Synagogue
Etz Hayyim Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in Chania, Crete, restored after World War II and serving as both a place of worship and a center for Jewish heritage and interfaith dialogue.
B. Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue
Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue is a historic Sephardic Jewish house of worship in Jerusalem’s Old City, renowned as one of the traditional Four Sephardic Synagogues.
C. Abuhav Synagogue
Abuhav Synagogue is a historic 15th-century Sephardic synagogue in Safed, Israel, renowned for its ornate interior and association with Kabbalistic tradition.
D. Ramban Synagogue
Ramban Synagogue is one of the oldest active synagogues in Jerusalem, traditionally linked to the medieval scholar Nachmanides and central to Jewish worship in the Old City.
E. Ahrida Synagogue
Ahrida Synagogue is one of Istanbul’s oldest and most historically significant synagogues, known for serving the city’s Sephardic Jewish community since the Ottoman era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ohel Moshe Synagogue
Target entity description: Ohel Moshe Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in Shanghai, China, notable for serving Jewish refugees during World War II and now housing the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.

A. Etz Hayyim Synagogue
Etz Hayyim Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in Chania, Crete, restored after World War II and serving as both a place of worship and a center for Jewish heritage and interfaith dialogue.
B. Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue
Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue is a historic Sephardic Jewish house of worship in Jerusalem’s Old City, renowned as one of the traditional Four Sephardic Synagogues.
C. Abuhav Synagogue
Abuhav Synagogue is a historic 15th-century Sephardic synagogue in Safed, Israel, renowned for its ornate interior and association with Kabbalistic tradition.
D. Ramban Synagogue
Ramban Synagogue is one of the oldest active synagogues in Jerusalem, traditionally linked to the medieval scholar Nachmanides and central to Jewish worship in the Old City.
E. Ahrida Synagogue
Ahrida Synagogue is one of Istanbul’s oldest and most historically significant synagogues, known for serving the city’s Sephardic Jewish community since the Ottoman era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ synagogue ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Western-style brick building ⓘ
associatedWith	Shanghai Ghetto ⓘ Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Holocaust ⓘ Jewish refugee migration to Shanghai ⓘ linked to: Shanghai Ghetto
city	Shanghai ⓘ
communityServed	Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ Jewish refugees from Europe ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
currentFunction	Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum ⓘ
denomination	Ashkenazi Judaism ⓘ linked to: Ashkenazi Jews
district	Hongkou District ⓘ
eraOfRefugeeUse	1940s ⓘ late 1930s ⓘ
foundedBy	Russian Jewish community in Shanghai ⓘ
hasExhibit	documents about Jewish refugees in Shanghai ⓘ lists of Jewish refugees sheltered in Shanghai ⓘ personal belongings of Jewish refugees ⓘ photographs of wartime Jewish life in Shanghai ⓘ
hasNameInChinese	上海摩西会堂 ⓘ linked to: Ohel Moshe Synagogue 摩西会堂 ⓘ linked to: Ohel Moshe Synagogue
heritage	Jewish heritage site ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected historic site of Shanghai ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Republic of China era ⓘ World War II ⓘ
languageOfCommunity	German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
locatedIn	Hongkou District ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Shanghai Jewish ghetto ⓘ linked to: Shanghai Ghetto
material	brick ⓘ
memorialRole	commemoration of Jewish refugees in Shanghai ⓘ
notableFor	housing the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum ⓘ role in the Shanghai Ghetto ⓘ serving Jewish refugees during World War II ⓘ
partOf	Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum complex ⓘ linked to: Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
region	East China ⓘ linked to: eastern China
religion	Judaism ⓘ
significance	symbol of Shanghai’s shelter for Jewish refugees ⓘ
tourism	popular destination for Jewish heritage tourism ⓘ
use	museum building ⓘ place of worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish Refugees Museum → occupiesBuilding → Ohel Moshe Synagogue ⓘ

Jewish Refugees Museum → hasPart → Ohel Moshe Synagogue ⓘ

Shanghai Jewish ghetto area → hasPlaceOfWorship → Ohel Moshe Synagogue ⓘ

Shanghai Ghetto → hasPart → Ohel Moshe Synagogue ⓘ

Ohel Moshe Synagogue → hasNameInChinese → 摩西会堂 ⓘ

linked to: Ohel Moshe Synagogue

Ohel Moshe Synagogue → hasNameInChinese → 上海摩西会堂 ⓘ