Jewish architecture explained

Jewish architecture comprises the architecture of Jewish religious buildings and other buildings that either incorporate Jewish elements in their design or are used by Jewish communities.

Terminology

Due to the diasporic nature of Jewish history, there is no single architectural style that is common across all Jewish cultures.^[1] Examples of buildings considered Jewish architecture include explicitly religious buildings such as synagogues and mikvehs,^[2] as well as Jewish schools.^[3]

See also

• Synagogue architecture
• List of Jewish architects
• Jewish Architectural Heritage Foundation
• Sacral architecture

Notes and References

1. Prager . Brad . 2013 . Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld (review) . German Studies Review . 36 . 3 . 727–728 . 10.1353/gsr.2013.0122 . 161345397 . 2164-8646.
2. Thomas Leslie (architect) . Leslie . Thomas . 2011 . Review of Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture: Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue . Shofar . 29 . 2 . 222–224 . 10.5703/shofar.29.2.222 . 0882-8539.
3. Kastner . Eitan . 2010 . Yeshiva College and the Pursuit of a Jewish Architecture . American Jewish History . 96 . 2 . 141–161 . 10.1353/ajh.2010.0021 . 162261984 . 1086-3141.