The Synagogue
Author: H. A. Meek
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2003-10-01
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780714843292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An engaging exploration of synagogues, their history and decoration.
Author: H. A. Meek
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2003-10-01
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780714843292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An engaging exploration of synagogues, their history and decoration.
Author: Rachel B. Gross
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1479820512
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Zev Eleff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 0190490276
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'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.
Author: Marc Lee Raphael
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2011-04-18
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0814775829
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.
Author: Umberto Fortis
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Published: 2016-03-01
Total Pages: 6
ISBN-13: 1614280525
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Venice Ghetto, this magnificent hand-bound Ultimate Collection volume introduces readers to the beauty and historical and spiritual significance of the five principal synagogues in Venice, the most important markers of Jewish faith and culture in the Most Serene Republic. Behind the walls of the Ghetto, Venetian Jews expressed strong ties to the traditions of their forefathers in constructing these beautiful places of worship. The architecture, furnishings, and decorations blended the memory of their different countries of origin with traditions of Venetian artistic culture, bequeathing the City on the Lagoon enduring monuments of unparalleled eminence that remain sites of reverence and admiration.
Author: T. V. LoCicero
Publisher: Thomas LoCicero
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the murder of Rabbi Morris Adler, in Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
Author: Annie Polland
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0300124708
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →New York City’s magnificent Eldridge Street Synagogue was built in 1887 in response to the great wave of Jewish immigrants who fled persecution in eastern Europe. Finding their way to the Lower East Side, the new arrivals formed a vibrant Jewish community that flourished from the 1850s until the 1940s. Their synagogue served not only as a place of worship but also as a singularly important center in the development of American Judaism. A near ruin in the 1980s that was recently reopened after a massive twenty-year restoration, the Eldridge Street Synagogue has been named a National Historic Landmark. But as Bill Moyers tells us in his foreword, the synagogue is also “a landmark of the spirit, . . . the spirit of a new nation committed to the old idea of liberty.” Annie Polland uses elements of the building’s architecture—the façade, the benches, the grooves worn into the sanctuary floor—as points of departure to discuss themes, people, and trends at various moments in the synagogue’s history, particularly during its heyday from 1887 until the 1930s. Exploring the synagogue’s rich archives, the author shines new light on the religious life of immigrant Jews, introduces various rabbis, cantors and congregants, and analyzes the significance of this special building in the context of the larger American-Jewish experience. For more information, go to: www.EldridgeStreet.org
Author: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2013-01-17
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 1594735026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A colorful, fun-to-read introduction that explains the ways and whys of Jewish worship, faith, and religious life. What You Will See Inside a Synagogue will: Satisfy kids’ curiosity about what goes on in synagogues attended by their friends, broadening awareness of other faiths at an important age when opinions and prejudices can first form. Provide Jewish children with a deeper understanding of the practices of their own religious tradition. Give children the opportunity to ask questions, making them more active participants. Colorful full-page photographs set the scene for concise but informative descriptions of what is happening, the objects used, the clergy and laypeople who have specific roles, the spiritual intent of the believers, and more. The What You Will See Inside... series is designed to show children ages 6–10 the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of traditional houses of worship, liturgical celebrations, and rituals of different world faiths, empowering them to respect and understand their own religious traditions—and those of their friends and neighbors.
Author: Henry Stolzman
Publisher: Images Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781864700749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This full colour publication explores the rich and diverse response to the quest to sustain the Hebrew heritage that has resulted in prominent designs.