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Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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
- http://cja.huji.ac.il/

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Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives: Synagogues Open in a new windowLink Details
- An online exhibit displaying the diverse architecture of synagogues in El Paso, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California.
- http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/swja/synagogues.htm

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World Monuments Fund: Jewish Heritage Grant Program Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://wmf.org/jewish.html

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Second Temple Synagogues Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.pohick.org/sts/

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Eastern European Synagogues Open in a new windowLink Details
- A gallery of photographs by Ron Anton Rocz.
- http://www.ronroczphoto.com/synagogues.html

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Restoration of Saint Petersburg's Grand Choral Synagogue Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.music-lovers.co.il/russia/miscellaneous_files/ivri_pages/synagogue.html

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Temple Emmanu-El, New York Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/fernandez.html

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On the First Cambridge Synagogue Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://home1.gte.net/vze4khjv/bethisraelrev1.htm

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Frank Lloyd Wright: Beth Sholom Synagogue Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw8-16.htm

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

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The Lost Synagogues of Detroit Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.atdetroit.com/shul/

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Stadttempel Vienna Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Synagogue/vienna.asp

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

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Beth Am Synagogue Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.bethambaltimore.org/

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Etz-Hayyim Synagogue of Hania, Crete, Greece Open in a new windowLink Details
- The official site of this restored synagogue includes a history, description and plan, together with an illustrated account of the reconstruction.
- http://www.etz-hayyim-hania.org

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The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato (Italy) Open in a new windowLink Details
- An illustrated history of this ornate synagogue built in 1595 from Italya.
- http://www.italya.net/turismo/scasale1.htm

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Kol Hakehila Open in a new windowLink Details
- The newsletter of the Jewish monuments of Greece, for the study and preservation of the Jewish sites of Greece. Includes a gazetteer of sites.
- http://www.yvelia.com/kolhakehila

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Preserving Jewish Heritage in Greece Open in a new windowLink Details
- 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.
- http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/greece/

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International Survey of Jewish Monuments Open in a new windowLink Details
- A non-profit organization dedicated to the research, preservation and documentation of Jewish historical monuments from around the world. Newsletter, monuments information by country.
- http://www.isjm.org/

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