The Scuola Levantina was the synagogue of the Levantine Jews — merchants from the eastern Mediterranean and the Ottoman lands — and faces the Scuola Spagnola across the small Campiello delle Scole in the Ghetto Vecchio. Founded in the late 16th century, its richly carved Baroque interior is among the finest in the quarter.
Its glory is the bimah, an extraordinary raised pulpit of dark walnut supported on twisted barley-sugar columns, attributed to the workshop of the sculptor Andrea Brustolon. The synagogue is still used in winter, when its smaller, warmer hall is preferred to the Spagnola. It is included on the guided tours run from the Museo Ebraico.