The synagogues of Kentucky : architecture and history / Lee Shai Weissbach.

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Weissbach, Lee Shai, 1947-

Title & Author:

The synagogues of Kentucky : architecture and history / Lee Shai Weissbach.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Series:

Perspectives on Kentucky's past

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
The formation of Kentucky's Jewish congregations -- Kentucky synagogue buildings -- The first century of synagogue design -- Synagogue design since World War II -- Discovering Kentucky's synagogues: an essay on bibliography and methodology.

Summary:

"Scholars studying the American-Jewish experience have until now paid little attention to Jewish life outside the major population centers. Lee Shai Weissbach's innovative study sheds light on the functioning of smaller Jewish communities in a state representative of many in the Midwest and South." "Weissbach outlines the history of every congregation established in Kentucky and every house of worship that has served Kentucky Jewry over the last 150 years, considering such issues as the financing of construction, the selection of architects, the way synagogue buildings reveal congregational attitudes, and the way local synagogue design reflects national trends. The book provides a model for the study of synagogues elsewhere." "Eighty-two photographs show every one of Kentucky's synagogues, including buildings that are not longer standing or have been converted to other uses. This pictorial record documents the variety, distinctiveness, and significance of these buildings as a part of the Commonwealth's architectural, cultural, and religious landscape." --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

081311912X (alk. paper)
9780813119120 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Synagogue architecture Kentucky.
Synagogues Kentucky.
Architecture synagogale Kentucky.
Synagogue architecture
Synagogues
Synagoge.
Kentucky

Added entries:

Perspectives on Kentucky's past.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 155070
Call No.: NA5230.K4 W3 1995
Status: Available

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