And I Shall Dwell Among Them; Historic Synagogues of the World

by Neil Folberg, Photographer; Yom Tov Assis, Author

• ISBN13: 9780893819408
• ISBN10: 0893819409
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-07-30
• Publisher: Aperture

Summary

For nearly two millennia, from the year 70 until the founding of Israel in 1948, the Jewish people were without a homeland. But wherever they wandered in the great Diaspora they continued the tradition of building synagogues as refuge for their beliefs and testament to their strength and accomplishments as a people. And I Shall Dwell Among Themconsiders the spiritual, architectural and cultural significance of these structures. It is the first study to document the synagogues with both scholarly depth and photographic excellence. "Among the phenomena Neil Folberg detected in his search for historic synagogues was that wherever Jews settled--whether in Morocco, Hungary or the American South--the designs of their temples reflected the prevailing style of the environment. But it is the building's power to evoke spirituality that comes across most forcefully in his photographs." --New York Magazine

Author Biography

Neil Folberg is a former student and colleague of the late Ansel Adams. He now lives in Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
A Place of Gathering, a Place of Light	p. 9
Mediterranean Italy, Morocco, and Turkey	p. 16
Asia, Uzbekistan, and India	p. 46
The Americas, the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada	p. 70
Northern Europe, England, Holland, France, and Germany	p. 100
Eastern Europe, Poland, Hungry, and the Czech Republic	p. 124
Israel	p. 146
The Synagogue Throught the Ages	p. 161
Acknowledgments	p. 175
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