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Beth Am Synagogue - http://www.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.

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.

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.

Eastern European Synagogues - http://www.ronroczphoto.com/synagogues.html
A gallery of photographs by Ron Anton Rocz.

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.

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.

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.

JewishEncyclopedia.com: Synagogue Architecture - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1213&letter=S
Joseph Jacobs and A. W. Brunner discuss the origins, development and stylistic influences of synagogue buildings from Hellenic times onwards, with illustrations.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stadttempel Vienna - http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Synagogue/vienna.asp
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.

Synagogue Postcards - http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/
Online exhibition from the National Museum of American Jewish History, featuring 61 American synagogues from 30 different states, with notes on their history.

Temple Emmanu-El, New York - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/fernandez.html
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.

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.

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.

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.

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