The Beth Aharon Sephardi Synagogue was built in 1927 by the prominent Jewish businessman Silas Aaron Hardoon; one of the wealthiest people in Shanghai; as a gift to the city's Jewish community. It was named after Hardoon's father; Aaron.

It was located at 20 Museum Road (now 42 Huqiu Road) in the Shanghai International Settlement; near the Bund and Hongkew; in present-day Huangpu District. The synagogue was designed by the architectural firm Palmer and Turner; which also designed the iconic HSBC Building on the Bund.

After the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War and established the People's Republic of China in 1949; the Beth Aharon Synagogue became part of the compound of the government newspaper Wenhui Bao. During the Cultural Revolution; the synagogue was structurally changed and turned into a factory. It was demolished in 1985 and replaced by the high-rise Wenhui Bao office building. Pictures From History