Ohel Leah Synagogue on Robinson Road in Hong Kong's Mid-Levels was designed by Leigh & Orange. The Sassoon brothers Jacob, Edward and Meyer donated the land. It was built from 1901 to 1902. The infobox gives British Colonial Edwardian and Zirid architecture, while the text gives only British Colonial Edwardian. It has a whitewashed exterior, two stories and multiple turrets.
It opened in 1902 as the center of Jewish social and religious life in Hong Kong, with mostly Baghdadi Sephardic members at first. It received its first officially appointed rabbi in 1961.
It was listed Grade I in July 1987, voluntarily delisted that December amid demolition talk and relisted in 1990. A 6 million dollar restoration in 1998 returned the interiors and exteriors to their original state, and it won a UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award in 2000. It is an active Modern Orthodox synagogue. The article gives no hours.
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