The Synagogue in America
Title | The Synagogue in America PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Lee Raphael |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2011-04-18 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0814775829 |
Chronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.
American Synagogues
Title | American Synagogues PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Gruber |
Publisher | Rizzoli International Publications |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
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American Synagogues is the first book to explore the exceptional architecture of modern American synagogues in the twentieth century, and this intriguing book relates the fascinating history of the Jewish people in America and how it is expressed in twentieth-century synagogue design. The book features all new photography of synagogues in many styles from a dozen states, many never before published in any form. The synagogues were designed by European masters, the best-known modern American architects, and by important contemporary architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, and Minoru Yamasaki.
Synagogue Architecture in America
Title | Synagogue Architecture in America PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Stolzman |
Publisher | Images Publishing |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781864700749 |
This full colour publication explores the rich and diverse response to the quest to sustain the Hebrew heritage that has resulted in prominent designs.
Who Rules the Synagogue?
Title | Who Rules the Synagogue? PDF eBook |
Author | Zev Eleff |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0190490276 |
Who Rules the Synagogue? explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis. Zev Eleff weaves together the significant episodes and debates that shaped American Judaism during this formative period, and places this story into the larger context of American religious history and modern Jewish history.
Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America
Title | Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America PDF eBook |
Author | Ita Heinze-Greenberg |
Publisher | Lund Humphries Publishers Limited |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Synagogue architecture |
ISBN | 9781848222946 |
In America between 1946 and 1953, the German-Jewish architect Eric Mendelsohn planned seven synagogues, of which four were built, all in the Midwest. In this book, photographer Michael Palmer has recorded in exquisite detail Mendelsohn's four built synagogues in Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Cleveland, and Grand Rapids. These photographs are accompanied by an insightful contextual essay by Ita Heinze-Greenberg which reflects on Eric Mendelsohn and his Jewish identity. Mendelsohn's post-war commitment to sacred architecture was a major challenge to him, but one on which he embarked with great enthusiasm. He sought and found radically new architectural solutions for these "temples" that met functional, social, and spiritual demands. In the post-war and post-Holocaust climate, the old references had become obsolete, while the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 posed a claim for the redefinition of the Jewish diaspora in general. The duality of Jewish and American identity became more crucial than ever and the congregations were keen to express their integration into a modern America through these buildings. Hardly anyone could have been better suited for this task than Mendelsohn, as he sought to justify his decision to move from Israel and adopt the USA as his new homeland. The places he created to serve Jewish identity in America were a crowning conclusion of his career. They became the benchmark of modern American synagogue architecture, while the design of sacred space added a new dimension in Mendelsohn's work.
Beyond the Synagogue
Title | Beyond the Synagogue PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel B. Gross |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Homesickness |
ISBN | 1479820512 |
Beyond the Synagogue Gallery
Title | Beyond the Synagogue Gallery PDF eBook |
Author | Karla GOLDMAN |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0674037774 |
Beyond the Synagogue Gallery recounts the emergence of new roles for American Jewish women in public worship and synagogue life. Karla Goldman's study of changing patterns of female religiosity is a story of acculturation, of adjustments made to fit Jewish worship into American society. Goldman focuses on the nineteenth century. This was an era in which immigrant communities strove for middle-class respectability for themselves and their religion, even while fearing a loss of traditions and identity. For acculturating Jews some practices, like the ritual bath, quickly disappeared. Women's traditional segregation from the service in screened women's galleries was gradually replaced by family pews and mixed choirs. By the end of the century, with the rising tide of Jewish immigration from Russia and Eastern Europe, the spread of women's social and religious activism within a network of organizations brought collective strength to the nation's established Jewish community. Throughout these changing times, though, Goldman notes persistent ambiguous feelings about the appropriate place of women in Judaism, even among reformers. This account of the evolving religious identities of American Jewish women expands our understanding of women's religious roles and of the Americanization of Judaism in the nineteenth century; it makes an essential contribution to the history of religion in America.