THE HOUSE OF “THE BOOK” HOUSES NOW MANY BOOKS

In Konin, Poland, the old Synagogue, built in 1829, is being preserved today as the local city Library. The Jewish Community built the synagogue in the early 19th Century in what was a… Continue reading →

THE GREAT TRANSYLVANIA SYNAGOGUE WHERE GERMAN, HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN CULTURE MEET:

The Great Synagogue of Sibiu in Romania was opened in 1899 and was declared a Historical Monument in 2004. In a city where you can see traces of German influence, the Hungarian period… Continue reading →

THE JEWISH OTTOMAN WHO BECAME A CHEVALIER AND A COUNT

Count Abraham Salomon Camondo was a main Jewish figure during the Ottoman period in the 19th Century. He was a financier and a philanthropist whose position made him become a Chevalier by the… Continue reading →

REBECCA GRATZ: THE FOUNDER OF JEWISH AMERICAN EDUCATION

Rebecca Gratz was a Jewish educator and philanthropist from Philadelphia, who set the first Hebrew school in the area in the XIX Century, among many other Jewish institutions that she founded. HER PORTRAIT… Continue reading →

THE ‘AQUARIUM” SYNAGOGUE IN FLORIDA

The renovated synagogue of Temple Israel in West Palm Beach, Florida in the US, blends itself in the Florida coast, looking like an underwater observatory through its beautiful glass construction.

THE TEMPLE ISRAEL IN MINNEAPOLIS

was opened as a reform congregation in 1928 and built as a Neoclassical masterpiece of architecture by famous Jewish architect Jack Liebenberg. A FAVORITE IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR JEWISH WEDDINGS