Kupa Synagogue (Kraków)

Crown carved with decorative motifs and inlaid with precious stones.

Torah Crown

This partially gilt-silver Torah crown from Poland is studded with semi-precious stones. Its two-tiered base is typical of Torah crowns from Eastern Europe. It is inscribed in Hebrew with the words,…

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Photograph of a building with triangular roof sections, many long windows, and tower on the corner of a street.

Synagogue, Linnaeusstraat, Amsterdam

The Linnaeusstraat synagogue was built in the expressionist style of the Amsterdam School, a movement that flourished from 1910 to about 1930, which favored brick construction and copious decoration…

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Photograph of exterior of building with domed roof.

Temple Beth El (Detroit, Michigan)

Alfred Kahn’s grand classical revival synagogue and its location on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue attracted many new members to Temple Beth El. The congregation soon outgrew the building, and in 1922 it…

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Kupa Synagogue (Kraków)

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