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Tzedek ve-Shalom Synagogue, Suriname
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Built in 1736, the Tzedek ve-Shalom synagogue served a Sephardic congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had migrated from Holland to Suriname. Located in Suriname’s capital of Paramaribo, the…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Paramaribo, Dutch Colonial Empire (Paramaribo, Suriname)

Date:

1736

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Colonialism, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Photograph of rectangular room with arched windows, floor covered in sand, wooden cabinet on far wall, wooden benches on left side and along walls, and wooden lectern on right side.
Urbino Synagogue, Italy
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This Torah ark, installed in a synagogue in the Italian town of Urbino, is a fine example of Renaissance Judaica. Carved from walnut in the early sixteenth century, the ark belonged to the Sephardic…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Urbino, Duchy of Urbino (Urbino, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1500

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Ritual objects, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Photograph of ornamental Torah ark chamber with gilded columns and doors with filigree and Hebrew writing.
Doors to the Bimah, Rema Synagogue (Krakow)
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The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual objects, Ritual & observance, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Set of curved doors with carving of peacock-shaped pitcher filled with foliage and fruit extending to top of door.
Óbuda Synagogue
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The Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest is the oldest functioning synagogue in Hungary. The building was inaugurated in 1821. Its restrained, neoclassical aesthetic was consistent with popular architectural…

Contributor:

Andreas Landesherr

Places:

Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1820–1821

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community

Categories:

Decorative arts, Architecture
Photograph of building exterior with five columns.