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KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation, Chicago, Detail of Decoration at the Balcony Level
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In designing this synagogue, Alschuler drew on photographs of the remains of a second-century Byzantine synagogue in Tiberias. He wrote that he designed the synagogue “not in sense of slavish…

Contributor:

Alfred S. Alschuler

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Date:

1924

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Aesthetics, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of stained glass window arch with smaller arches underneath with etchings of floral designs, leaves, and fruit.
Torah Finials
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These silver Torah finials with bells adorned a Torah scroll at the consecration ceremony of the Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

New York City, Great Britain (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

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

Categories:

Ritual Objects, Decorative arts
Two silver finials with bells.