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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, Architecture

Categories:

Decorative arts, Architecture
Photograph of building exterior with five columns.
Synagogue (Bechhofen, Germany)
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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…

Contributor:

Eliezer Zusman of Brody

Places:

Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)

Date:

1684

Subjects:

Synagogue, Painting, Artists, Aesthetics, Art, Architecture

Categories:

Painting, Architecture
Interior of building of back wall with decorative images on top, Hebrew text in the middle, and lattice below, platform with railing in left foreground, and several podiums along wall.
Map of the Land of Israel
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This map, in a manuscript copy of Be’er mayim ḥayim (A Spring of Living Water), a commentary on Rashi published in Worms or Friedberg in the late fifteenth or sixteenth century, is based on Rashi’s…

Contributor:

Ḥayim ben Bezalel

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Friedburg (Friedberg, Germany)

Date:

Late 15th or 16th Century

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Temple, Bible, Allegory, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Manuscript page with drawings of buildings and boats spread across the page with Hebrew labels.
Interior of the Synagogue in Fürth
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This print depicting a service in the synagogue in Fürth is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400 Jewish…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Community, Ritual & observance, Architecture

Categories:

Print & book culture, Architecture
Print engraving of large room with rows of pews with men in prayer shawls standing with books, vaulted ceiling, many chandeliers, and raised platform along far wall.
Alms Box
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This alms box was affixed to the wall in the Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bóżnica) of Kraków, located in the Kazimierz district of the city. Because it was in a part of the Polish-Lithuanian…

Contributor:

Matteo Gucci

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1569–70

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Charity, Jewish quarters, Community, Architecture, Ritual objects

Categories:

Architecture, Ritual Objects
Carved wall unit with decorative borders and crowns, locked metal box in middle, and Hebrew text underneath.
The Siloam Inscription
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[The matter of] the breakthrough: And this is the matter of the breakthrough. While [the hewers were swinging the] axe, each towards his companion, and while there were still three cubits to he[w…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

End of 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Labor, Cities, Technology, Writing, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Piece of wall inscribed with Hebrew.