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Fig. 21. Smaller Torah Ark from the Great Synagogue of Sydney historical collection. (A. M. Rosenblum Jewish Museum, the Great Synagogue, Sydney)

Figure 21 Smaller Torah Ark from the Great Synagogue of Sydney historical collection. (A. M. Rosenblum Jewish Museum, the Great Synagogue, Sydney)

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Image 1. Egyptian-inspired pylons at synagogue complex, Karlsruhe. Synagogue facade and pediment visible through arch. (Friedrich Weinbrenner Collection, the Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania) The Karlsruhe synagogue (destroyed by fire in 1871) was a thoughtful at- tempt on the part of architect Friedrich Weinbrenner to employ a style that would evoke Jewish ancientness and also allow him to work in two avant-garde modes: Greek and Egyptian revival. Weinbrenner also attempted to evoke the Temple of Solomon itself in the layout of the Karlsruhe complex. First Kings specifies that the Temple have three parts, the ulam (a porch or vestibule, per- haps roofless), the hekhal (great hall), and the dvir (Holy of Holies), separated from the hekhal by a parochet, or curtain. At the ulam stood a pair of named columns, Boaz and Jachin. The text does not make clear whether these columns Genes iin -iiieeeeicem os: aes
Image 1. Egyptian-inspired pylons at synagogue complex, Karlsruhe. Synagogue facade and pediment visible through arch. (Friedrich Weinbrenner Collection, the Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania) The Karlsruhe synagogue (destroyed by fire in 1871) was a thoughtful at- tempt on the part of architect Friedrich Weinbrenner to employ a style that would evoke Jewish ancientness and also allow him to work in two avant-garde modes: Greek and Egyptian revival. Weinbrenner also attempted to evoke the Temple of Solomon itself in the layout of the Karlsruhe complex. First Kings specifies that the Temple have three parts, the ulam (a porch or vestibule, per- haps roofless), the hekhal (great hall), and the dvir (Holy of Holies), separated from the hekhal by a parochet, or curtain. At the ulam stood a pair of named columns, Boaz and Jachin. The text does not make clear whether these columns Genes iin -iiieeeeicem os: aes
Image 2. Torah Ark, Boaz and Jachin, 1814 Copenhagen synagogue. (Jono David/HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library)
Image 2. Torah Ark, Boaz and Jachin, 1814 Copenhagen synagogue. (Jono David/HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library)
Fig. 4: Design for Egyptian synagogue, Kassel. (Not built)
Fig. 4: Design for Egyptian synagogue, Kassel. (Not built)
Image 6. Old Synagogue at Canterbury. (Jewish Museum London)
Image 6. Old Synagogue at Canterbury. (Jewish Museum London)
Fig. 9. Strickland’s sketch for an Egyptian Torah Ark. (Congregation Mikveh Israel) an identity statement in open societies where Jews faced little discrimination, but where Jewishness was subject to rapid evaporation, The members of Congrega- tion Mikveh Israel of Philadelphia were full ane equal citizens, and like most | sna in the young republic, active yeemasons when they laid the corner- stone of an Egyptian Revival synagogue on Cherry Street in 1822," hiring a brother Freemason, William Strickland, as archi- tweet,” Strickland was the student of an- other freemason, Benjamin Latrobe, whe oe age an Egyptian interior for a wing ot the United States Capitol building. It was to serve as the Library of Congress but was fever built, Strickland did not attempt tc evoke the Temple of Solomon in his design for the Cherry Street synagogue.
Fig. 9. Strickland’s sketch for an Egyptian Torah Ark. (Congregation Mikveh Israel) an identity statement in open societies where Jews faced little discrimination, but where Jewishness was subject to rapid evaporation, The members of Congrega- tion Mikveh Israel of Philadelphia were full ane equal citizens, and like most | sna in the young republic, active yeemasons when they laid the corner- stone of an Egyptian Revival synagogue on Cherry Street in 1822," hiring a brother Freemason, William Strickland, as archi- tweet,” Strickland was the student of an- other freemason, Benjamin Latrobe, whe oe age an Egyptian interior for a wing ot the United States Capitol building. It was to serve as the Library of Congress but was fever built, Strickland did not attempt tc evoke the Temple of Solomon in his design for the Cherry Street synagogue.
Image 7. Torah Arknicheat Canterbury (Jewish Museum London)
Image 7. Torah Arknicheat Canterbury (Jewish Museum London)
Fig. 13. Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal 1838 building. (McCord Museum)
Fig. 13. Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal 1838 building. (McCord Museum)
Fig. 11, 1843 Gate of the Touro Synagogue Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island.
Fig. 11, 1843 Gate of the Touro Synagogue Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island.
Fig. 14. Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, 1838 building, interior with palm and papyrus column capitals. (McCord Museum)
Fig. 14. Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, 1838 building, interior with palm and papyrus column capitals. (McCord Museum)
Fig. 18. Balcony support columns and trapezoidal doors set in trapezoidal door opening, Launceston, Tasmania. (Launceston Hebrew Congregation) Fig. 19. York Street Synagogue, Sydney. (A. M. Rosenblum Jewish Museum, the Great synagogue, Sydney)
Fig. 18. Balcony support columns and trapezoidal doors set in trapezoidal door opening, Launceston, Tasmania. (Launceston Hebrew Congregation) Fig. 19. York Street Synagogue, Sydney. (A. M. Rosenblum Jewish Museum, the Great synagogue, Sydney)
Fig. 26. 1862 Old Synagogue, Cape Town with Egyptian columns and door. (Jono David/HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library)
Fig. 26. 1862 Old Synagogue, Cape Town with Egyptian columns and door. (Jono David/HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library)
Fig. 25. 1901 Stanley Street Temple, Montreal. Showing the truncated obelisks on the roof, trapezoidal windows and door, and Egyptian columns. (Musée McCord)
Fig. 25. 1901 Stanley Street Temple, Montreal. Showing the truncated obelisks on the roof, trapezoidal windows and door, and Egyptian columns. (Musée McCord)
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