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Synagogues, Europe: Medieval To Eighteenth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2011

Synagogues, Europe: Medieval To Eighteenth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Synagogues: Twentieth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2011

Synagogues: Twentieth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2011

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. Jan 2004

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.


Monumenti Storici Ebraici In Europa, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 2002

Monumenti Storici Ebraici In Europa, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Reviews ten years in the developing field of historic preservation of Jewish monuments, focusing on projects in Europe, including those of the Jewish Heritage Program of the World Monuments Fund.


Silenced Sacred Spaces: Selected Photographs Of Syrian Synagogues By Robert Lyons, Exhibition Essay, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Sep 1996

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.

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Jewish Monuments, Exhibition Essay, The Joseph Gallery, Hebrew Union College, New York,, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Nov 1990

The Future Of Jewish Monuments, Exhibition Essay, The Joseph Gallery, Hebrew Union College, New York,, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.