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Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Arnold W. Brunner (1857–1925), Albert Kahn (1869–1942), and other Jewish architects played an important role in reviving the classical style for American synagogue design at the turn of the twentieth century, putting their stamp on American Jewish identity and American architecture. The American-born Brunner was the preferred architect of New York’s Jewish establishment from the 1880s until his death. He adopted the classical style with his third New York synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, dedicated in 1897, and then championed the style in his extensive public writing about synagogue design. The classical style was subsequently widely accepted nationally by Reform congregations, …
Jewish Identity In Modern Synagogue Architecture, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Jewish Identity In Modern Synagogue Architecture, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
examines the way in which Jewish identity is expressed in the architecture of modern synagogues and other Jewish-purpose buildings, and also how these very buildings help shape contemproary Jewish identity.
Silenced Sacred Spaces: Selected Photographs Of Syrian Synagogues By Robert Lyons, Exhibition Essay, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Silenced Sacred Spaces: Selected Photographs Of Syrian Synagogues By Robert Lyons, Exhibition Essay, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
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Preservation Priorities: Endangered Historic Jewish Sites. World Monuments Fund (New York, 1996), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Preservation Priorities: Endangered Historic Jewish Sites. World Monuments Fund (New York, 1996), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
A booklet published by WMF containing information and photos of selected Jewish sites worldwide chosen by the author and the Jewish Heritage Council as priorities for preservation. A decade later all but one of these projects (Slonim) was complete.