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And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World

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And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World


Recipient of a National Jewish Book Award

Photographs and commentary by Neil Folberg
Historical essay by Yom Tov Assis

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Hardcover
12" x 9.5"
176 pages
195 four-color images and illustrations

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For nearly two millennia, from the year 70 until the founding of Israel in 1948, the Jewish people were without a homeland. But wherever they wandered in the great diaspora they continued the tradition of building synagogues as refuge for their beliefs and testament to their strength and accomplishments as a people. And I Shall Dwell Among Them considers the spiritual, architectural, and cultural significance of these structures. It is the first study to document synagogues with both scholarly depth and photographic
excellence.

"Among the phenomena Neil Folberg detected in his search for historic synagogues was that wherever Jews settled—whether in Morocco, Hungary, or the American South—the designs of their temples reflected the prevailing style of the environment. But it is the buildings' power to evoke spirituality that comes across most forcefully in his photographs." —New York Magazine


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