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Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - http://cja.huji.ac.il/
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. |
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Second Temple Synagogues - http://www.pohick.org/sts/
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. |
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International Survey of Jewish Monuments - http://www.isjm.org/
A non-profit organization dedicated to the research, preservation and documentation of Jewish historical monuments from around the world. Newsletter, monuments information by country. |
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Etz-Hayyim Synagogue of Hania, Crete, Greece - http://www.etz-hayyim-hania.org
The official site of this restored synagogue includes a history, description and plan, together with an illustrated account of the reconstruction. |
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The Lost Synagogues of Detroit - http://www.atdetroit.com/shul/
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. |
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The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato (Italy) - http://www.italya.net/turismo/scasale1.htm
An illustrated history of this ornate synagogue built in 1595 from Italya. |
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Kol Hakehila - http://www.yvelia.com/kolhakehila
The newsletter of the Jewish monuments of Greece, for the study and preservation of the Jewish sites of Greece. Includes a gazetteer of sites. |
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Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives: Synagogues - http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/swja/synagogues.htm
An online exhibit displaying the diverse architecture of synagogues in El Paso, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. |
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Beth Am Synagogue - http://bethambaltimore.org/
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. |
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Beth Sholom Synagogue - http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw8-16.htm
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. |
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On the First Cambridge Synagogue - http://home1.gte.net/vze4khjv/bethisraelrev1.htm
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. |
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Preserving Jewish Heritage in Greece - http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/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. |
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Eastern European Synagogues - http://www.ronroczphoto.com/synagogues.html
A gallery of photographs by Ron Anton Rocz. |
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Restoration of Saint Petersburg's Grand Choral Synagogue - http://www.music-lovers.co.il/russia/miscellaneous_files/ivri_pages/synagogue.html
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. |
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World Monuments Fund: Jewish Heritage Grant Program - http://wmf.org/jewish.html
Raises public awareness and support for endangered historic synagogues around the world. Includes a full list of projects, with photographs and details of selected synagogues. |