The Jews in Constanta played an active role in the cultural and economic development of the
city, complying with the suggestions and taking advantage of the opportunities of the urban community
and official policy. From the late XIX-th century until around 1930, the number of the Jewish community
members rose – both in number and as economic power. Although the commercial activity and banking
are at core, the real estate should not be overlooked, as they left numerous traces in the public and
private space of the city.
The specific feature of the Jewish religion has led to building synagogues, schools, public baths,
and a cemetery. The social status of merchants and bankers, intellectuals (lawyers, journalists, doctors,
chemists, teachers, historians, librarians, architects, painters, actors, etc.) required and adequate
representation of both the professional space and the residential one. The Jews have contributed to
building the historic fund of Constanta; today, a number of representative buildings became monuments of
architecture.
It is an unfortunate fact that the present Jewish community of Constanta has 59 members only,
which included those of Mangalia - many of them had been assimilated and only a few purely Jewish
ethnics. In these conditions, the problem of protecting the architectural heritage is a task beyond the
current influence of community. The saving of this Jewish architectural heritage, found on the Romanian
soil, requires extensive inter-institutional programs that can identify technical and financial means.