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Synagogue (Gwoździec, Poland)
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The wooden synagogue in Gwoździec, eastern Galicia (modern-day Poland), was one of more than two hundred wooden synagogues that existed in Poland before World War II. Wooden synagogues were a…

Contributor:

Isaac Ber and His Son, Isaac ben Judah Leib ha-Kohen, Israel ben Mordechai Lisnicki

Places:

Gwoździec, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Gwoździec, Poland)

Date:

ca. 1650

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Animals, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
Photograph of wooden building exterior with several layers of roofs.
Private Synagogue (Unterlimpurg, Germany)
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This synagogue structure contains stunning samples of wood painting and folk motifs (including verses, images of Jerusalem, animals, and flowers). The panels were decorated by Eliezer Zusman, an…

Contributor:

Eliezer Zusman of Brody

Places:

Unterlimpurg, Habsburg Empire (Unterlimpurg, Germany)

Date:

1738/9

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Animals, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
Photograph of room with wood walls painted with Hebrew text, animals, and floral designs.