Main entry:

Levitt, Ellen, author.

Title & Author:

The lost synagogues of Brooklyn : the stories behind how and why many Brooklyn synagogues, now old "ex-shuls," were converted to other uses, primarily as Christian churches / by Ellen Levitt.

Publication:

Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu, 2009.

Description:

x, 186 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185).
What else is gone? -- Scholarly note -- The rise and fall of Jewish life in Brownsville and area neighborhoods -- The synagogue : its historical development, evolution in America and especially Brooklyn -- Shaari Israel : an in-depth study of an ex-shul of Brooklyn -- Pleading with history : memories of Brooklyn's ex-shuls -- Meeting amongst the faithful : my visits with congregants of converted ex-shuls -- More visits with people at synagogues that became churches -- What does Jewish law say about all this?

ISBN:

9781886223394 (alk. paper)
1886223394 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Synagogues New York (State) New York History.
Synagogues New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Jews New York (State) New York History.
Church buildings New York (State) New York History.
Church buildings New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Juifs New York (État) New York Histoire.
Buildings
Church buildings
Jews
Synagogues
Synagoge.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY

Form/genre:

History
Pictorial works

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267301
Call No.: BIB 199315
Status: Available