The Synagogue
Author: H. A. Meek
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2003-10-01
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780714843292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn engaging exploration of synagogues, their history and decoration.
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Beyond the Synagogue
Author: Rachel B. Gross
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1479820512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho Rules the Synagogue?
Author: Zev Eleff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 0190490276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho Rules the Synagogue? explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis. Zev Eleff weaves together the significant episodes and debates that shaped American Judaism during this formative period, and places this story into the larger context of American religious history and modern Jewish history.
Venice Synagogues
Author: Umberto Fortis
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Published: 2016-03-01
Total Pages: 6
ISBN-13: 1614280525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommemorating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Venice Ghetto, this magnificent hand-bound Ultimate Collection volume introduces readers to the beauty and historical and spiritual significance of the five principal synagogues in Venice, the most important markers of Jewish faith and culture in the Most Serene Republic. Behind the walls of the Ghetto, Venetian Jews expressed strong ties to the traditions of their forefathers in constructing these beautiful places of worship. The architecture, furnishings, and decorations blended the memory of their different countries of origin with traditions of Venetian artistic culture, bequeathing the City on the Lagoon enduring monuments of unparalleled eminence that remain sites of reverence and admiration.
Landmark of the Spirit
Author: Annie Polland
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0300124708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York City’s magnificent Eldridge Street Synagogue was built in 1887 in response to the great wave of Jewish immigrants who fled persecution in eastern Europe. Finding their way to the Lower East Side, the new arrivals formed a vibrant Jewish community that flourished from the 1850s until the 1940s. Their synagogue served not only as a place of worship but also as a singularly important center in the development of American Judaism. A near ruin in the 1980s that was recently reopened after a massive twenty-year restoration, the Eldridge Street Synagogue has been named a National Historic Landmark. But as Bill Moyers tells us in his foreword, the synagogue is also “a landmark of the spirit, . . . the spirit of a new nation committed to the old idea of liberty.” Annie Polland uses elements of the building’s architecture—the façade, the benches, the grooves worn into the sanctuary floor—as points of departure to discuss themes, people, and trends at various moments in the synagogue’s history, particularly during its heyday from 1887 until the 1930s. Exploring the synagogue’s rich archives, the author shines new light on the religious life of immigrant Jews, introduces various rabbis, cantors and congregants, and analyzes the significance of this special building in the context of the larger American-Jewish experience. For more information, go to: www.EldridgeStreet.org
The Synagogue in America
Author: Marc Lee Raphael
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2011-04-18
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0814775829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.
What You Will See Inside a Synagogue
Author: Lawrence A. Hoffman
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1594732566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNames and explains the various objects found in a synagogue, how they are used in the service and other events, the rabbi and lay people who use them, and the meaning behind them.
Murder in the Synagogue
Author: T. V. LoCicero
Publisher: Thomas LoCicero
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the murder of Rabbi Morris Adler, in Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
The Role of the Synagogue in the Aims of Jesus
Author: Jordan J. Ryan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2017-11-15
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 150643844X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReviewing what we now know about actual synagogues in the land of Israel and their public role in Jewish life and culture, Jordan J. Ryan shows that Gospel narratives placed in synagogues accurately reflect the ancient synagogue setting. He argues for the historical plausibility of the setting of these narratives and suggests that synagogue research must be a starting point for their interpretation. He further argues that Jesus‘s efforts at the restoration of Israel were intentionally aimed at the synagogue as an institution of public and political life.
Finding a Spiritual Home
Author: Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, PhD
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2012-07-12
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 158023657X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Jewish community has lost some of the most sensitive spiritual souls of this generation. They are Jews who were looking for God and found spiritual homes outside of Judaism. Their journeys traversed the Jewish community, but nothing there beckoned them. The creation of synagogue-communities in which the voices of seekers can be heard and their questions can be asked will challenge many loyalist Jews. It will upset and enrage them. But it would also enrich them. —from Chapter 18 In this fresh look at the spiritual possibilities of American Jewish life, Rabbi Sidney Schwarz presents the framework for a new synagogue model—the synagogue community—and its promise to transform our understanding of the synagogue and its potential for modern Judaism. Schwarz profiles four innovative synagogues—one from each of the major movements of Judaism—that have had extraordinary success with their approach to congregational life and presents practical ways to replicate their success. Includes a discussion guide for study groups and book clubs as well as a new afterword by the author describing developments in synagogue change projects since the book was first published.
