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100 1 $aPalmer, Michael Craig,$ephotographer.
245 10 $aEric Mendelsohn's synagogues in America /$cMichael Craig Palmer ; with an essay by Ita Heinze-Greenberg.
264 1 $aLondon :$bLund Humphires Publishers,$c2019.
264 4 $c©2018
300 $a216 pages :$billustrations (black and white, and colour) ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index.
505 0 $aPark Synagogue, Cleveland -- B'nai Amoona Synagogue, Saint Louis -- Mount Zion Temple, Saint Paul -- Temple Emanuel, Grand Rapids.
520 8 $aIn America between 1946 and 1953, the German-Jewish architect Eric Mendelsohn planned seven synagogues, of which four were built, all in the Midwest. In this book, photographer Michael Palmer has recorded in exquisite detail Mendelsohn's four built synagogues in Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Cleveland, and Grand Rapids. These photographs are accompanied by an insightful contextual essay by Ita Heinze-Greenberg which reflects on Eric Mendelsohn and his Jewish identity. Mendelsohn's post-war commitment to sacred architecture was a major challenge to him, but one on which he embarked with great enthusiasm. He sought and found radically new architectural solutions for these "temples" that met functional, social, and spiritual demands. In the post-war and post-Holocaust climate, the old references had become obsolete, while the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 posed a claim for the redefinition of the Jewish diaspora in general. The duality of Jewish and American identity became more crucial than ever and the congregations were keen to express their integration into a modern America through these buildings. Hardly anyone could have been better suited for this task than Mendelsohn, as he sought to justify his decision to move from Israel and adopt the USA as his new homeland. The places he created to serve Jewish identity in America were a crowning conclusion of his career. They became the benchmark of modern American synagogue architecture, while the design of sacred space added a new dimension in Mendelsohn's work.
600 10 $aMendelsohn, Erich,$d1887-1953$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 17 $aMendelsohn, Erich,$d1887-1953.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00122724
610 20 $aPark Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)$xDesign and construction$vPictorial works.
610 20 $aCongregation B'nai Amoona (Saint Louis, Mo.)$xDesign and construction$vPictorial works.
610 20 $aMount Zion Hebrew Congregation (Saint Paul, Minn.)$xDesign and construction$vPictorial works.
610 20 $aTemple Emanuel (Grand Rapids, Mich.)$xDesign and construction$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aSynagogues$zUnited States$xDesign and construction$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aSynagogue architecture$zUnited States$vPictorial works.
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
700 1 $aHeinze-Greenberg, Ita,$ewriter of supplementary textual content.
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