The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly - Synagogue and ancient temple - A house of the people instead of a house of God - Worship by prayer and not sacrifice - Instruction and debate ...

Down through time, the Jews have never identified their ritual with any set style of architecture. King Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem, built in 1012 B.C., owed much to Phoenician and Egyptian models; ...

The need for building inexpensive synagogue structures to fulfill the limited budgetary requirements of young congregations was stressed by Rabbi Jay Kaufman, vice president of the Union of American ...

The holiday season is a good time to reflect on how the world’s religions have influenced one another’s architecture. A case in point is Central Synagogue, Congregation Ahawath Chesed, on Lexington ...