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Temple Beth El (Detroit, Michigan)
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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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Albert Kahn

Places:

Detroit, United States of America

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Diaspora, Hellenism, Jewish identity, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of exterior of building with domed roof.
The Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, Entrance
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Mikve Israel-Emanuel is a synagogue that served the Spanish Portuguese Jewish community in Curaçao (and continues to function today as a Reconstructionist congregation). It is the oldest surviving…

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Willemstad, Dutch Colonial Empire (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Date:

1732

Subjects:

Synagogue, Colonialism, Community, Diaspora, Sephardic, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of arched entrance to building with Hebrew over lintel.