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Studies in Judaism
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The purpose in view was, as may easily be gathered from the essays themselves, to bring under the notice of the English public a type of men produced by the Synagogue of the…

Contributor:

Solomon Schechter

Places:

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Date:

1896

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Synagogue, Rabbis, Piety, Torah study

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology
A Fragment of the Altar of a Synagogue in Mariampol
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The Torah ark in the synagogue of Mariampol was surmounted by tablets of the law flanked by rampant lions and topped with a crown, with hands making the priestly blessing. After World War II, Soviet…

Contributor:

Valerii Rybarskii

Places:

Marijampole, Russian Empire (Marijampole, Lithuania)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish identity, Piety, Ritual object, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Sculpture
Photograph of wooden structure with two small columns of Hebrew writing with crown on top, and two sculped lions on either side.
Speech: On Jews and Nationalism
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Are we always and in all circumstances united with our surroundings, so that only the synagogue, rather than society, attests to separation? Do not believe that in such unity and cooperation I mean…

Contributor:

Abraham Wertheim

Places:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Nationalism, Jewish identity, Holidays, Synagogue, Piety

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology, Speeches