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A gallery of photographs by Ron Anton Rocz.
http://www.ronroczphoto.com/synagogues.html
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Restoration of Saint Petersburg's Grand Choral Synagogue
Brenda Miller supplies a photograph and history of this 19th-century synagogue in the Moorish
style, with a note that its restoration started in 1998.
http://www.music-lovers.co.il/russia/miscellaneous_files/ivri_pages/synagogue.html
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Temple Emmanu-El, New York
An illustrated history by Gerard Fernandez of this Romanesque synagogue built 1927-9 and designed
by Robert D. Kohn, Charles Butler, and Clarence Stein. Includes bibliography. Part of Medieval New
York, by Fordham University.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/fernandez.html
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On the First Cambridge Synagogue
Fran and Arny Schutzberg give a detailed history of the synagogue built in Cambridge, Massachusetts
in 1901 to the design of Nathan Douglas, now a condominium. Historic drawings of Temple Israel and
Beth Israel.
http://home1.gte.net/vze4khjv/bethisraelrev1.htm
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Beth Sholom Synagogue
J.H.Delmar provides photographs and Wright's own perspective drawing (1954) of this unusual
structure intended as a "luminous Mount Sinai", together with commentary and
bibliography.
http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw8-16.htm
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Synagogue Postcards
Online exhibition from the National Museum of American Jewish History, featuring 61 American
synagogues from 30 different states, with notes on their history.
http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/
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The Lost Synagogues of Detroit
Lowell Boileau's collection of images of former synagogues in a wide variety of styles, many now
churches, and other Jewish buildings, with histories and recollections of them contributed by
others.
http://www.atdetroit.com/shul/
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Stadttempel Vienna
Beth Hatefutsoth online Museum of the Jewish People provides a photograph and history of this
synagogue built in 1824-1825 to the Neo-Classical design of Joseph Kornhäusl.
http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Synagogue/vienna.asp
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Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The institute explains its projects, including the documentation of endangered architecture. Index
of Jewish Art, including architecture of synagogues and Jewish monuments, with computer
reconstructions. Events, newsletters, educational projects, faculty and staff.
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/cja/
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Architecture of the Synagogue of Florence, Italy
Photograph and short history from Glass, Steel and Stone of the marble-faced synagogue with a huge
copper dome built in 1874-1882 to the design of Vincenzo Micheli.
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/IT/FlorenceSynagogueMajor.html
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Architecture of the New Synagogue Berlin, Germany
A photograph and short history from Glass, Steel and Stone of this golden-domed building erected in
1866 to the designs of Eduard Knoblauch and August Stuehler, and now a museum.
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/DE/BerlinNewSynagogue.html
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Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives: Synagogues
An online exhibit displaying the diverse architecture of synagogues in El Paso, Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, and Southern California.
http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/swja/synagogues.htm
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JewishEncyclopedia.com: Synagogue Architecture
Joseph Jacobs and A. W. Brunner discuss the origins, development and stylistic influences of
synagogue buildings from Hellenic times onwards, with illustrations.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1213&letter=S
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Beth Am Synagogue
The official site includes a history and photographs of the building, which was completed in 1921
and designed by Baltimore architect Joseph Evans Sperry in a Byzantine-Moorish style.
http://www.bethambaltimore.org/
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Etz-Hayyim Synagogue of Hania, Crete, Greece
The official site of this restored synagogue includes a history, description and plan, together
with an illustrated account of the reconstruction.
http://www.etz-hayyim-hania.org
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Second Temple Synagogues
Donald D. Binder's study of synagogues before the Jerusalem Temple's destruction in 70 AD. Sites
and monuments, ancient literary references, gallery, bibliography, FAQ.
http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/
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The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato (Italy)
An illustrated history of this ornate synagogue built in 1595 from Italya.
http://www.italya.net/turismo/scasale1.htm
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Kol Hakehila
The newsletter of the Jewish monuments of Greece, for the study and preservation of the Jewish
sites of Greece. Includes a gazetteer of sites.
http://www.yvelia.com/kolhakehila
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Preserving Jewish Heritage in Greece
An illustrated article by Elias V. Messinas in Archaeology on the history of Greek synagogues and
the need to preserve these remnants of an ancient tradition.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/greece/
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International Survey of Jewish Monuments
A non-profit organization dedicated to the research, preservation and documentation of Jewish
historical monuments from around the world. Newsletter, monuments information by country.
http://www.isjm.org/
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