Eric Mendelsohn S Synagogues In America

Author : Ita Heinze-Greenberg
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Synagogue architecture
ISBN : 1848222947

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Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America by Ita Heinze-Greenberg Pdf

In America between 1946 and 1953, the German-Jewish architect Eric Mendelsohn planned seven synagogues, of which four were built, all in the Midwest. In this book, photographer Michael Palmer has recorded in exquisite detail Mendelsohn's four built synagogues in Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Cleveland, and Grand Rapids. These photographs are accompanied by an insightful contextual essay by Ita Heinze-Greenberg which reflects on Eric Mendelsohn and his Jewish identity. Mendelsohn's post-war commitment to sacred architecture was a major challenge to him, but one on which he embarked with great enthusiasm. He sought and found radically new architectural solutions for these "temples" that met functional, social, and spiritual demands. In the post-war and post-Holocaust climate, the old references had become obsolete, while the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 posed a claim for the redefinition of the Jewish diaspora in general. The duality of Jewish and American identity became more crucial than ever and the congregations were keen to express their integration into a modern America through these buildings. Hardly anyone could have been better suited for this task than Mendelsohn, as he sought to justify his decision to move from Israel and adopt the USA as his new homeland. The places he created to serve Jewish identity in America were a crowning conclusion of his career. They became the benchmark of modern American synagogue architecture, while the design of sacred space added a new dimension in Mendelsohn's work.

Author : Walter C. Leedy
Publisher : Sacred Landmark
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1606350854

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Eric Mendelsohn's Park Synagogue by Walter C. Leedy Pdf

Eric Mendelsohn's modernist building, The Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is one of the most significant post-World War II buildings in the United States. Notable for its magnificent dome and its natural wooded setting, it also had an immense architectural influence on other religious structures in the Midwest. Erected during the late 1940s, the Synagogue was built in response to a large majority of the downtown Cleveland Jewish population moving to the eastern suburbs. In 1934, under the leadership of Rabbi Armond Cohen, the struggling Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo congregation bought the twelve-acre property of the defunct Park School in Cleveland Heights and later purchased an additional twenty-one acres of land adjacent to the Park property owned by John D. Rockefeller. Plans were developed for a new synagogue to be designed and built by the famous European architect Eric Mendelsohn. Today The Park Synagogue, dedicated in 1950, is home to one of the nation's major Conservative congregations. Eric Mendelsohn's Park Synagogue tells the story of the construction of The Park Synagogue and examines how Mendelsohn consciously sought to express the ideals and traditions of the congregation and Judaism in its architectural forms. From one of the world's largest copper-clad domes weighing 680 tons to the shape of the sanctuary and spectacular bimah, Mendelsohn sought to incorporate the architecture into Jewish ritual and worship. He favored dramatic curves of glass walls, circular stairwells, and porthole windows, and he used the circle as a dominant form throughout his career. The Park Synagogue is one of the few Mendelsohn buildings that remains virtually as it was built. Author Walter C. Leedy Jr. discusses how the construction of The Park Synagogue solidified the congregation, attracted new members, and set the stage for expansion into the next century. Eric Mendelsohn's Park Synagogue brings unique insight into the development of the American Jewish community during the post-World War II period and into the evolution of Mendelsohn's architecture.

Author : Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Publisher : Missouri History Museum
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1883982324

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In the Spirit of Our Age by Kathleen James-Chakraborty Pdf

This text celebrates the B'Nai Amoona Synagogue, a landmark of the city of St Louis, designed by the architect Eric Mendelsohn. The synagogue currently houses the Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA).

Author : Henry Stolzman,Daniel Stolzman
Publisher : Images Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1864700742

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Synagogue Architecture in America by Henry Stolzman,Daniel Stolzman Pdf

This full colour publication explores the rich and diverse response to the quest to sustain the Hebrew heritage that has resulted in prominent designs.

Author : Anat Geva
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781648431364

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The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues, 1950s–1960s by Anat Geva Pdf

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States experienced a rapid expansion of church and synagogue construction as part of a larger “religious boom.” The synagogues built in that era illustrate how their designs pushed the envelope in aesthetics and construction. The design of the synagogues departed from traditional concepts, embraced modernism and innovations in building technology, and evolved beyond the formal/rational style of early 1950s modern architecture to more of an expressionistic design. The latter resulted in abstraction of architectural forms and details, and the inclusion of Jewish art in the new synagogues. The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues, 1950s–1960s introduces an architectural analysis of selected modern American synagogues and reveals how they express American Jewry’s resilience in continuing their physical and spiritual identity, while embracing modernism, American values, and landscape. In addition, the book contributes to the discourse on preserving the recent past (e.g., mid 20th century architecture). While most of the investigations on that topic deal with the “brick & mortar” challenges, this book introduces preservation issues as a function of changes in demographics, in faith rituals, in building codes, and in energy conservation. As an introduction or a reexamination, The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues, 1950s–1960s offers a fresh perspective on an important moment in American Jewish society and culture as reflected in their houses of worship and adds to the literature on modern American sacred architecture. The book may appeal to Jewish congregations, architects, preservationists, scholars, and students in fields of studies such as architectural design, sacred architecture, American modern architecture and building technology, Post WWII religious and Jewish studies, and preservation and conservation.

Author : Samuel Gruber
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015057590641

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American Synagogues by Samuel Gruber Pdf

American Synagogues is the first book to explore the exceptional architecture of modern American synagogues in the twentieth century, and this intriguing book relates the fascinating history of the Jewish people in America and how it is expressed in twentieth-century synagogue design. The book features all new photography of synagogues in many styles from a dozen states, many never before published in any form. The synagogues were designed by European masters, the best-known modern American architects, and by important contemporary architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, and Minoru Yamasaki.

Author : Marc Lee Raphael
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814775820

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The Synagogue in America by Marc Lee Raphael Pdf

Chronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.

Author : Steven Fine
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004370098

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Jewish Religious Architecture by Steven Fine Pdf

Jewish Religious Architecture explores ways that Jews have expressed their tradition in brick and mortar and wood, in stone and word and spirit, from the biblical Tabernacle to contemporary Judaism. Social historians, cultural historians, art historians and philologists have come together in this volume to explore this extraordinary architectural tradition.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030787066

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American Jewish Year Book 2020 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

The American Jewish Year Book, which spans three different centuries, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight into their major trends. Part I of the current volume contains the lead article: Chapter 1, “Pastrami, Verklempt, and Tshoot-spa: Non-Jews’ Use of Jewish Language in the US” by Sarah Bunin Benor. Following this chapter are three on domestic and international events, which analyze the year’s events as they affect American Jewish communal and political affairs. Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides lists of Jewish institutions, including federations, community centers, social service agencies, national organizations, synagogues, Hillels, camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic resources, including Jewish Studies programs, books, journals, articles, websites, and research libraries; and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries. While written mostly by academics, this volume conveys an accessible style, making it of interest to public officials, professional and lay leaders in the Jewish community, as well as the general public and academic researchers. The American Jewish Year Book has been a key resource for social scientists exploring comparative and historical data on Jewish population patterns. No less important, the Year Book serves organization leaders and policy makers as the source for valuable data on Jewish communities and as a basis for planning. Serious evidence-based articles regularly appear in the Year Book that focus on analyses and reviews of critical issues facing American Jews and their communities which are indispensable for scholars and community leaders. Calvin Goldscheider, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Ungerleider Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies, Brown University They have done it again. The American Jewish Year Book has produced yet another edition to add to its distinguished tradition of providing facts, figures and analyses of contemporary life in North America. Its well-researched and easily accessible essays offer the most up to date scrutiny of topics and challenges of importance to American Jewish life; to the American scene of which it is a part and to world Jewry. Whether one is an academic or professional member of the Jewish community (or just an interested reader of all things Jewish), there is not another more impressive and informative reading than the American Jewish Year Book. Debra Renee Kaufman, Professor Emerita and Matthews Distinguished University Professor, Northeastern University

Author : William H. Jordy,University Professor of Art William H Jordy,Mardges Bacon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300094493

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"Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture by William H. Jordy,University Professor of Art William H Jordy,Mardges Bacon Pdf

'The Symbolic Essence of Modern European Architecture of the Twenties and Its Continuing Influence'), this collection contains critical writings on works by Mies, Corbusier, Kahn, and Venturi, as well as one previously unpublished text. Jordy leads readers to discover important connections of architecture with art, literature, intellectual history, symbolic structures, social purpose and community. He significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture.

Author : Charlotte Benton,Erich Mendelsohn,Regina Stephan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MINN:31951P00956893Z

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Erich Mendelsohn by Charlotte Benton,Erich Mendelsohn,Regina Stephan Pdf

Author : Thomas Barrie
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004441439

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Architecture of the World’s Major Religions by Thomas Barrie Pdf

In Architecture of the World’s Major Religions: An Essay on Themes, Differences, and Similarities, Thomas Barrie presents religious architecture as an amalgam of aesthetic, social, political, cultural, economic, and doctrinal elements, which are often materialized in different ways in the world’s principal religions.

Author : Lee Shai Weissbach
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780813187327

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The Synagogues of Kentucky by Lee Shai Weissbach Pdf

Lee Shai Weissbach's innovative study sheds light on the functioning of smaller Jewish communities in a state representative of many in the Midwest and South. The synagogue buildings of Kentucky tell much about the experience of Kentucky Jewry. Synagogues, especially in smaller towns, have often served as the only setting available for a wide variety of communal activities. Weissbach outlines the history of every congregation established in Kentucky and every house of worship that has served Kentucky Jewry over the last 150 years, considering such issues as the financing of construction, the selection of architects, the way synagogue buildings reveal congregational attitudes, and the way local synagogue design reflects national trends. Eighty-two photographs show every one of Kentucky's synagogues, including buildings that are no longer standing or have been converted to other uses. This pictorial record documents the variety, distinctiveness, and significance of these buildings as a part of the Commonwealth's architectural, cultural, and religious landscape.

Author : Anat Geva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351665339

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Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture by Anat Geva Pdf

Mid-20th century sacred architecture in America sought to bridge modernism with religion by abstracting cultural and faith traditions and pushing the envelope in the design of houses of worship. Modern architects embraced the challenges of creating sacred spaces that incorporated liturgical changes, evolving congregations, modern architecture, and innovations in building technology. The book describes the unique context and design aspects of the departure from historicism, and the renewal of heritage and traditions with ground-breaking structural features, deliberate optical effects and modern aesthetics. The contributions, from a pre-eminent group of scholars and practitioners from the US, Australia, and Europe are based on original archival research, historical documents, and field visits to the buildings discussed. Investigating how the authority of the divine was communicated through new forms of architectural design, these examinations map the materiality of liturgical change and communal worship during the mid-20th century.

Author : Bruce Zuckerman,Ruth Weisberg,Lisa Ansell
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781557536358

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Jewish Cultural Aspirations by Bruce Zuckerman,Ruth Weisberg,Lisa Ansell Pdf

In the late nineteenth century in Europe and to some extent in the United States, the Jewish upper middle class--particularly the more affluent families--began to enter the cultural spheres of public life, especially in major cities such as Vienna, Berlin, Paris, New York, and London. While many aspects of society were closed to them, theater, the visual arts, music, and art publication were far more inviting, especially if they involved challenging aspects of modernity that might be less attractive to Gentile society. Jews had far less to lose in embracing new forms of expression, and they were very attracted to what was regarded as the universality of cultural expression. Ultimately, these new cultural ideals had an enormous influence on art institutions and artistic manifestations in America and may explain why Jews have been active in the arts in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to a degree totally out of proportion to their presence in the US population. Jewish cultural activities and aspirations form the focus of the contributions to this volume. Invited authors include senior figures in the field such as Matthew Baigell and Emily Bilski, alongside authors of a younger generation such as Daniel Magilow and Marcie Kaufman. There is also an essay by noted Los Angeles artist and photographer Bill Aron. The guest editor of the volume, Ruth Weisberg, provides an Introduction that places the individual contributions in context.