The synagogue was named "Yonathan's Arch" after his name and in honor of the soul of Jonathan "Yoni" Malka 14, an armorer who fell in Operation 'Iron Swords' The Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Mordechai Shudrich, a member of the Standing Committee of the 'European Rabbinic Conference' which supports and assists the entire process of bringing the Jewish students together, carried an emotional burden. The establishment of the synagogue is the culmination of an ongoing process of establishing a community of Jewish students.