Main entry:

Folberg, Neil, photographer.

Title & Author:

And I shall dwell among them : historic synagogues of the world / photographs by Neil Folberg ; essay by Yom Tov Assis.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Aperture, 1995.

Description:

175 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Photographer Neil Folberg traveled the world for three years visiting Jewish communities and photographing both grand-scale and modest synagogues. His rich color images are grouped in chapters according to region the Mediterranean, Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean, northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Israel and are accompanied by his account of the making of the photographs. Augmenting the visual display is an essay (by Yom Tov Assis, a scholar affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) which focuses on the social and cultural history of the Jews.
Includes bibliographical references.
A place of gathering, a place of light / Neil Folberg -- The Mediterranean: Italy, Morocco, and Turkey -- Asia: Uzbekistan and India -- The Americas: The Caribbean, The United States, and Canada -- Northern Europe: England, Holland, France, and Germany -- Eastern Europe: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic -- Israel -- The synagogue throughout the ages / Yom tov Assis.

Summary:

A collection of photographs of synagogues around the world, preserving the spiritual, architectural, and cultural significance of these structures.

ISBN:

089381640X
9780893816407

Subject:

Synagogues Pictorial works.
Synagogues History.
Synagogues Ouvrages illustrés.
Synagogues Histoire.
Synagogues
Synagoge

Form/genre:

Views (visual works)
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Assis, Yom Tov.

Historic synagogues of the world

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109898
Call No.: ID NA4690.F6; ID:96-B161
Status: Available