It is located in the current Bom Jesus Street, formerly known as Rua dos Judeus [Jewish Street], in the neighbourhood of Recife, and represented (from 1636 to 1654) the first official synagogue of the Jews who inhabited the Americas.

On 20 July 1926, a Jewish temple was founded in the property of 29 Martins Júnior Street in the Boa Vista neighbourhood, which for some time became known as Shil Sholem Ocnitzer, in honour of one of its founders.