The Synagogue in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Synagogue in America write by Marc Lee Raphael. This book was released on 2011-04-18. The Synagogue in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
American Synagogues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Synagogues write by Samuel Gruber. This book was released on 2003. American Synagogues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Synagogue Architecture in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Synagogue Architecture in America write by Henry Stolzman. This book was released on 2004. Synagogue Architecture in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This full colour publication explores the rich and diverse response to the quest to sustain the Hebrew heritage that has resulted in prominent designs.
Finding a Spiritual Home
Finding a Spiritual Home - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding a Spiritual Home write by Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, PhD. This book was released on 2012-07-12. Finding a Spiritual Home available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Jewish community has lost some of the most sensitive spiritual souls of this generation. They are Jews who were looking for God and found spiritual homes outside of Judaism. Their journeys traversed the Jewish community, but nothing there beckoned them. The creation of synagogue-communities in which the voices of seekers can be heard and their questions can be asked will challenge many loyalist Jews. It will upset and enrage them. But it would also enrich them. —from Chapter 18 In this fresh look at the spiritual possibilities of American Jewish life, Rabbi Sidney Schwarz presents the framework for a new synagogue model—the synagogue community—and its promise to transform our understanding of the synagogue and its potential for modern Judaism. Schwarz profiles four innovative synagogues—one from each of the major movements of Judaism—that have had extraordinary success with their approach to congregational life and presents practical ways to replicate their success. Includes a discussion guide for study groups and book clubs as well as a new afterword by the author describing developments in synagogue change projects since the book was first published.
Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America
Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America write by Ita Heinze-Greenberg. This book was released on 2019. Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
