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Author : Marc Lee Raphael
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814775820
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 : Henry Stolzman,Daniel Stolzman
Publisher : Images Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1864700742
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 : Samuel Gruber
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015057590641
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 : Zev Eleff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190490270
'Who 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.
Author : Leon A. Jick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Jews
ISBN : UCSC:32106016908615
A classic account of the growth and development of Reform Judaism in 19th century America is now in paperback with a new Foreword.
Author : Ita Heinze-Greenberg
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Synagogue architecture
ISBN : 1848222947
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 : David Kaufman
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Jewish community centers
ISBN : 0874518938
The evolution of an American institution that reflects the unique tension between Judaism and Jewishness.
Author : Rachel B. Gross
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Homesickness
ISBN : 9781479820511
Author : Marc Lee Raphael
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Jews
ISBN : 0814769306
In 1789, when George Washington was elected the first president of the United States, laymen from all six Jewish congregations in the new nation sent him congratulatory letters. He replied to all six. Thus, after more than a century of Jewish life in colonial America the small communities of Jews present at the birth of the nation proudly announced their religious institutions to the country and were recognized by its new leader. By this time, the synagogue had become the most significant institution of American Jewish life, a dominance that was not challenged until the twentieth century, when other institutions such as Jewish community centers or Jewish philanthropic organizations claimed to be the hearts of their Jewish communities. Concise yet comprehensive, The Synagogue in America is the first history of this all-important structure, illuminating its changing role within the American Jewish community over the course of three centuries. From Atlanta and Des Moines to Los Angeles and New Orleans, Marc Lee Raphael moves beyond the New York metropolitan area to examine Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, and Reconstuctionist synagogue life everywhere. Using the records of approximately 125 Jewish congregations, he traces the emergence of the synagogue in the United States from its first instances in the colonial period, when each of the half dozen initial Jewish communities had just one synagogue each, to its proliferation as the nation and the American Jewish community grew and diversified. Encompassing architecture, forms of worship, rabbinic life, fundraising, creative liturgies, and feminism, The Synagogue in America is the go-to history for understanding the synagogueOCOs significance in American Jewish life."
Author : Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, PhD
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580236577
The 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.
Author : Karla GOLDMAN,Karla Goldman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674037779
Beyond the Synagogue Gallery recounts the emergence of new roles for American Jewish women in public worship and synagogue life. Karla Goldman's study of changing patterns of female religiosity is a story of acculturation, of adjustments made to fit Jewish worship into American society. Goldman focuses on the nineteenth century. This was an era in which immigrant communities strove for middle-class respectability for themselves and their religion, even while fearing a loss of traditions and identity. For acculturating Jews some practices, like the ritual bath, quickly disappeared. Women's traditional segregation from the service in screened women's galleries was gradually replaced by family pews and mixed choirs. By the end of the century, with the rising tide of Jewish immigration from Russia and Eastern Europe, the spread of women's social and religious activism within a network of organizations brought collective strength to the nation's established Jewish community. Throughout these changing times, though, Goldman notes persistent ambiguous feelings about the appropriate place of women in Judaism, even among reformers. This account of the evolving religious identities of American Jewish women expands our understanding of women's religious roles and of the Americanization of Judaism in the nineteenth century; it makes an essential contribution to the history of religion in America.
Author : Jack Wertheimer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521534542
The book begins with an overview of the historical transformation and denominational differentiation of American synagogues. The essays in the second section offer in-depth analyses of the critical challenges to and changes in synagogue life through innovative studies of representative congregations.
Author : Rabbi Judith Schindler,Judy Seldin-Cohen
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881233094
Recharging Judaism is the essential and timely guide for every synagogue and community seeking to strengthen the bonds of Jewish communal life through advocating for social justice. This volume delves into the enriching civic engagement and acts of righteousness already undertaken by Jews and Jewish communities across the country, and further explores the positive differences we can all affect upon the future of America. There are a myriad of ways in which advocating for social justice and participating in civic engagement can create lasting change. Those inspired to affect such change will find new meaning in the texts and history of our tradition. Using real examples from both small and large congregations across the country, Recharging Judaism offers a framework to guide us through our journey of civic responsibility and social duty and into a brighter future for our country.
Author : Hayim Herring, president
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566996808
In the past decade many intelligent people who care deeply about synagogues have written about them. So how is this book different from all other books? Many books take the overall mission of the synagogue as a given, and the recommendations around structure are really about incremental change. Tomorrow's Synagogue Today stimulates the reader to unleash the power of synagogues to exponentially influence people's Jewish lives. Herring offers creative scenarios to stretch the imagination about how more synagogues could become vibrant centers of Jewish life and how congregational leaders can begin to chart a new course toward achieving that goal. Key to his vision are the ways synagogues can collaborate with other synagogues and other Jewish institutions in the local Jewish community and around the globe, as well as with organizations outside of the Jewish community. Herring also explores structural change that is occurring in the rabbinate, as well as future roles rabbis may play and how rabbis might begin preparing for that future now. He shares insights from twelve rabbis from across the country about new models of synagogue mission, governance, and organization. He concludes with recommendations about the kinds of investments those who care about synagogues and the Jewish future need to make so that synagogues will remain a significant force in the Jewish community.
Author : Abraham J. Karp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Conservative Judaism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041222543