Main entry:

Kadish, Sharman, 1959-

Title & Author:

The synagogues of Britain and Ireland : an architectural and social history / Sharman Kadish.

Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.

Description:

xiv, 398 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-379) and index.
London's Bevis Marks Synagogue and the Sephardi architectural heritage -- The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue of London -- Georgian synagogues -- Regency synagogues -- The London New Synagogue of 1838 -- Jewish emancipation and the "cathedral synagogue" -- The "battle of the styles" : Jewish style? -- Orientalism -- The Anglo-Jewish "Reformation" -- "East End" immigrant synagogues -- "Architectural colonisation" of the Jewish East End -- "Edwardian Orientalism" -- The Byzantine revival -- The absence of art nouveau and art deco -- Inter-war conservatism and the rise of Jewish suburbia -- Modernist synagogues -- Post-war reconstruction -- Post-war synagogues around the country -- Post-war Reform synagogues -- Stained glass in the synagogue -- Current trends -- Appendix 1. Synagogue architects, Britain and Ireland 1700-1940 -- Appendix 2. "Jewish" street names.

Summary:

"The religious buildings of the Jewish community in Britain have never been explored in print. Lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished images and photographs taken specially by English Heritage, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era beginnings to the golden age of the grand 'cathedral synagogues' of the High Victorian period. Sharman Kadish sheds light on obscure and sometimes underappreciated architects who designed synagogues for all types of worshipers - from Orthodox and Reform congregations to Yiddish-speaking immigrants in the 1900s. She examines the relationship between architectural style and minority identity in British society and looks at design issues in the contemporary synagogue"-- Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780300170511 (cl ; alk. paper)
0300170513 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Synagogue architecture Great Britain.
Synagogue architecture Ireland.
Architecture and society Great Britain.
Architecture and society Ireland.
Architecture synagogale Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture synagogale Irlande.
Architecture et société Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture et société Irlande.
Architecture and society
Synagogue architecture
Synagoge
Architektur.
Architecture and Planning.
Great Britain
Ireland
Großbritannien
Irland

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275457
Call No.: BIB 209720
Status: Available