Main entry:

Dorfman, Rivka.

Title & Author:

Synagogues without Jews : and the communities that built and used them / Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2000.

Description:

xiv, 353 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-342) and index.
Foreword / Joseph Burg -- Preface: From This Town -- Synagogues Without Jews -- Italy -- A Spark of the Divine: Ancona Levantine/1550 -- A Spark of the Divine: Italian/1635 -- Whispering Walls: Casale Monferrato/1595 -- Over the Bridge to Salcano: Gorizia/1699 -- Ghetto Without a Gate: Mondovi/ca. 1700 -- "City of Joy": Mantua/1751 -- Gateway to Zion: Trieste/1912 -- Croatia and Serbia -- When Our Ships Brought Profit: Dubrovnik/1408 -- Albums and Identity: Osijek/1903 -- An Audience with Her Majesty: Subotica/1903 -- Greece -- "Light Up the Sabbath Lamp, Ladies": Rhodes/1577 -- Double Jeopardy: The Apostle Paul and the Prophet Nathan: Veroi/ ca. 1850 -- Infidels in the Old City: Ioannina/1829 -- Austria -- The House of Wolf: Eisenstadt/ca. 1700 -- Guardian of Loyalty: Graz/1892 -- How Fair Are Your Tents, O Jacob: St. Polten/1913 -- The Czech Republic: Bohemia and Moravia -- Half on Foot, Half on Horseback: Mikulov/1550 -- Matrimonial Mischief: Kojetin/1614 -- Angels to Guard You in All Your Ways: Trebic/ca. 1700 -- To Defend the Christians against Superstition: Polna/1684 -- Loksany Is Dying: Breznice/1725 -- Of Tea Leaves and Orange Peels: Jicin/1840 -- Barefoot on Raw Pigskin: Pilsen/1892 -- Slovakia -- The Time of the "Barches": Svaty Jur/1790 -- The Prophet Elijah: Bardejov/1830 -- Stirrings of Religious Reform: Liptovsky Svaty Mikulas/1845 -- Restoration Blues: Vrbove/1883 -- The Third Day in the Month of Elul: Trnava/1892 -- The Pressure of Inexorable Time: Presov/1898 -- Synagogues Born in His Heart: Lucenec/1925 -- Hungary -- Matzah for the Neighbors: Apostag/1822 -- The Butchers and the Tanners: Papa/1846 -- The Parchment of Torah Scrolls: Koszeg/1859 -- The Sanctity of Man: Gyor/1870 -- Let There Be Light!: Szeged/1903 -- A Gallery of Women -- The Italian Synagogue Through the Ages / Noemi Cassuto -- Synagogue Interior Decoration and the Halakhah / Shalom Sabar -- Spirituality and Space / Rudolf Klein -- App. Synagogue Restoration.
English.
National Jewish Book Awards Winner, Jewish Book Council
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"In the face of claims that synagogues no longer remain in the smaller cities and towns of central, eastern, and southern Europe, Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman (a retired American couple now living in Israel) went in search of these lost synagogues and found their remains -- and often, to their delight, their magnificant renovations. Through words and more than 300 exquisite photographs, Synagogues Without Jews tells the engaging histories of over thirty Jewish communities -- in Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, northern Italy, Greece, and the Czech and Slovak Republics -- that thrived before World War II. Beautiful full-color photographs and architectural drawings bring back the past splendor of these synagogues, and once again we can see why they were the pride and joy of their congregations. But this is more than a recounting of history; it is also a book of personal stories -- of Jews of the past who helped their communities flourish, and of Jews of the present who remain, safeguarding their beloved synagogues and passing their memories on to the next generation. Interviews with local people whom the authors met, and their portraits, are woven throughout, adding a human touch to the descriptions of the synagogues' former days." -- Book jacket.

ISBN:

0827606923
9780827606920

Subject:

Synagogues Europe, Southern History.
Synagogues Europe, Central History.
Synagogue architecture Europe, Southern.
Synagogue architecture Europe, Central.
Jews Europe, Southern History.
Jews Europe, Central History.
Architecture synagogale Europe méridionale.
Architecture synagogale Europe centrale.
Juifs Europe méridionale Histoire.
Juifs Europe centrale Histoire.
Ethnic relations
Jews
Synagogue architecture
Synagogues
Geschichte
Juden
Synagoge
Europe, Southern Ethnic relations.
Europe, Central Ethnic relations.
Europe méridionale Relations interethniques.
Europe centrale Relations interethniques.
Central Europe
Southern Europe
Italien
Südosteuropa
Ostmitteleuropa

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Dorfman, Ben-Zion.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219449
Call No.: NA4690 .D6 2000
Status: Available