New Life for Historic Temple Sinai in Sumter, South Carolina
By Samuel D. Gruber There is good news from South Carolina. While many small congregations in the state and across the country have been forced to close the doors of … Read More
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Pittsburgh’s Former B’nai Israel Likely to Become Apartments & Public Space
ISJM recently learned from an article by Sandra Tolliver on the website What’s NEXT for pittsburgh? that a plan is afoot to adapt the former B’nai Israel Synagogue in Garfield … Read More
It’s Not Easy to Make A Monument: The Long (and Unresolved) Effort to Commemorate American Liberators at Buchenwald
Jerry Klinger hoped to see a monument to the American soldiers who liberated the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. For years he’d looked to the 75th anniversary of the freeing … Read More
Montefiore Synagogue in Lowell, MA Closes; David Holleman Art Needs New Home
Read more here: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2020/04/usa-montefiore-synagogue-in-lowell.html
Temple B’nai Israel in Natchez, Mississippi Receives Major Preservation Grant
We are happy to read in Southern Jewish Life Magazine that Temple B’nai Israel in Natchez, Mississippi has been awarded a major preservation grant. The funds will help transition the … Read More
Efforts Continue to Save Colorado’s Temple Aaron, One of the Oldest Synagogues in the American West
A recent report on Colorado Public Radio brought new attention to the ongoing efforts to save the Moorish-style Temple Aaron in Trinidad, Colorado, one of the oldest surviving synagogue buildings … Read More
Restored B’nai Abraham Synagogue in Virginia, Minnesota Donated to Northern Lights Music Festival
The 1909 former B’nai Abraham Synagogue in Virginia, Minnesota, which been the focus of a long-term grassroots preservation effort, was donated to the Northern Lights Music Festival (NLMF) on March … Read More
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In 160th Year: Still Looking at Baumhorn
Ruth Ellen Gruber, editor of the essential website Jewish-Heritge-Europe.eu writes on JHE, writes that: “This year marks the 160th birthday of the Hungarian architect Lipot Baumhorn, the most prolific synagogue … Read More
Highlights Harrisburg, PA Jewish History & Architecture
The new newest issue of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies focuses on Harrisburg, Digital Public History, and the ‘City Beautiful,’ and contains three articles relevant to the study … Read More