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Stained-Glass Window, Central Synagogue, Portland Street, London
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When the Central Synagogue was built on the site of London’s first Ashkenazic synagogue, which had been destroyed by bombing in World War II, David Hillman was commissioned to create twenty-six…

Contributor:

David Hillman

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Date:

1962

Subjects:

Cities, Theology, Synagogue

Categories:

Architecture
Stained glass window featuring a man in the center facing away from viewer lighting a menorah behind a table set for Shabbat, a rabbi above him next to a harp, and biblical images and Hebrew words, flowers, birds, and other objects.
Bevis Marks Synagogue, London
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Joseph Avis, a Quaker carpenter, was commissioned to build the first synagogue in England following the readmission of Jews in 1656: the synagogue of London’s Spanish and Portuguese community, on…

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Joseph Avis

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London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1699–1701

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Jewish quarters, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Photograph of room with wooden pews, ornate Torah ark in far wall, and second story balcony.