Virtual Globetrotting: Religious

Virtual Globetrotting: Religious - Judaism http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2010 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:57:37 -0800 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Újpest Synagogue]]>

Újpest Synagogue
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By: hhgygy
@ 2010-01-30 05:57:37]]>

Újpest Synagogue
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By: hhgygy
@ 2010-01-30 05:57:37]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jpest-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jpest-synagogue/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:57:37 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jpest-synagogue/ 47.56218600 19.08292800 <![CDATA[Rumbach Sebestyén Street Synagogue]]>

Rumbach Sebestyén Street Synagogue
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By: hhgygy
@ 2010-01-30 05:53:44
Considered by many to be the most beautiful synagogue in Budapest, although its interior is badly neglected.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rumbach-sebesty-n-street-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rumbach-sebesty-n-street-synagogue/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:53:44 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rumbach-sebesty-n-street-synagogue/ 47.49779200 19.05872700 <![CDATA[Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Star Trek film location)]]>

Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Star Trek film location)

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Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Star Trek film location)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-06-24 09:30:05
The futuristic architecture of the campus's House of the Book, designed by architect Sidney Eisenshtat, has appeared as a location in several film and television projects:

* Camp Khitomer in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
* Lore's Borg compound in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Descent"
* The Command Center and Power Chamber for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, and Power Rangers: Turbo
* The Lawnmower Man
* Marilyn Manson's video for "The Dope Show"
* Chris Brown's video for "Wall to Wall"
* The Rock & Roll History Museum in "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny"
* The rear of the building (and surrounding vegetation) was featured in a recent Lexus commercial.
* Exterior and outside (around the grounds) of the House of Book and the institute were used for Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder.
* The prison Camp Holiday in the movie Wedlock with Rutger Hauer.
* In the Twilight Zone revival of the mid 1980's Episode Dead Run, a scene between the Administrator of Hell and a new truck driver takes place here.
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Maiselova Synagoga
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-14 10:10:16]]>

Maiselova Synagoga
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-14 10:10:16]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/maiselova-synagoga/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/maiselova-synagoga/ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:10:16 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/maiselova-synagoga/ 50.08884000 14.41904100 <![CDATA[Spanelska Synagoga]]>

Spanelska Synagoga
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-14 10:06:10
The Spanish Synagogue was built in 1868 on the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer ("the Old Shul"). It was designed in a Moorish style by Vojtech Ignátz Ullmann.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanelska-synagoga/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanelska-synagoga/ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:06:10 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanelska-synagoga/ 50.09035400 14.42100900 <![CDATA[B'Nai Israel Synagogue]]>

B'Nai Israel Synagogue
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-16 16:57:34
Constructed in 1937, the B’nai Israel Synagogue of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is a stuccoed brick, one-story, Spanish Colonial Revival style building with Islamic influences. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bnai-israel-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bnai-israel-synagogue/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:57:34 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bnai-israel-synagogue/ 37.30126500 -89.51906900 <![CDATA[Temple Beth Abraham]]>

Temple Beth Abraham
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-14 19:08:13
Temple Beth Abraham has been serving the spiritual, educational, and social needs of the Jewish community in the greater Nashua area for over 100 years.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-beth-abraham/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-beth-abraham/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:08:13 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-beth-abraham/ 42.77015600 -71.46226600 <![CDATA[Adath Israel Temple]]>

Adath Israel Temple
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-11 16:56:32
The Adath Israel Congregation was organized in 1923 as an outgrowth of a Hebrew Sunday School established the previous year. Initially meeting in the Cleveland School, the congregation built the Adath Israel temple in 1927 in the Byzantine style. The first congregation president was J.S. Borodofsky, and Jacob Halevi served as the first resident rabbi. The Adath Israel Sisterhood was organized in 1922. A temple annex, designed by architect Harold Kaplan of Greenville, was completed in 1949-1950. The Temple is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ]]>

Temple Beth El
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By: kkeps
@ 2008-11-23 05:45:11
The Temple Beth El was built in 1883. The Temple is the oldest temple west of the Mississippi River that is still in use. The brick building is in a Gothic Revival style. The Temple is well maintained and continues to serve its Jewish congregation. Temple Beth El is a contributing building in the Missouri State Capitol Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-beth-el/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-beth-el/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:45:11 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-beth-el/ 38.57455300 -92.17075500 <![CDATA[Breed Street Synagogue]]>

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Breed Street Synagogue
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By: neotrix
@ 2008-09-03 00:16:18
Breed Street Shul, also known as Congregation Talmud Torah of Los Angeles or Breed Street Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. It was the largest Orthodox synagogue in the western United States from 1915 to 1951.

The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/breed-street-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/breed-street-synagogue/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:16:18 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/breed-street-synagogue/ 34.04683600 -118.20970400 <![CDATA[Wilshire Boulevard Temple]]>

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Wilshire Boulevard Temple
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By: neotrix
@ 2008-09-03 00:15:12
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, also known as Congregation B'nai B'rith, is the oldest Jewish synagogue in the Los Angeles area. One of the country’s most respected Reform congregations, Wilshire Boulevard Temple was formed by the Los Angeles Jewish community in 1862

The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wilshire-boulevard-temple/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wilshire-boulevard-temple/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:15:12 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wilshire-boulevard-temple/ 34.06206500 -118.30476100 <![CDATA[Avignon Synagogue]]>

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Avignon Synagogue
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-04-08 20:00:53]]>

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Avignon Synagogue
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-04-08 20:00:53]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/avignon-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/avignon-synagogue/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:00:53 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/avignon-synagogue/ 43.94828500 4.80912700 <![CDATA[Great Synagogue - Brussels]]>

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Great Synagogue - Brussels
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-04-01 18:33:20]]>

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Great Synagogue - Brussels
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-04-01 18:33:20]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/great-synagogue-brussels/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/great-synagogue-brussels/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:33:20 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/great-synagogue-brussels/ 50.83866100 4.35508900 <![CDATA[Great Synagogue - Copenhagen]]>

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Great Synagogue - Copenhagen
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-25 17:59:40]]>

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Great Synagogue - Copenhagen
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-25 17:59:40]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/great-synagogue-copenhagen/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/great-synagogue-copenhagen/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:59:40 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/great-synagogue-copenhagen/ 55.68115200 12.57368600 <![CDATA[Modena Synagogue]]>

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Modena Synagogue
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-25 16:14:55]]>

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Modena Synagogue
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-25 16:14:55]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/modena-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/modena-synagogue/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:14:55 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/modena-synagogue/ 44.64735600 10.92744500 <![CDATA[Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca]]>

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Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-23 20:32:43
The synagogue of Santa María la Blanca is a religious building erected in the city of Toledo, Spain in 1180 a. D. (according to the inscription on a beam).

Its stylistic and cultural classification is not simple, because it was constructed in Christian territory, the Kingdom of Castile, by Islamic constructors, for Jewish use and owers. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation of the three cultures who populated the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages.

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Synagogue of El Transito
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-23 20:18:38]]>

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Synagogue of El Transito
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-23 20:18:38]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/synagogue-of-el-transito/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/synagogue-of-el-transito/ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:18:38 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/synagogue-of-el-transito/ 39.85576000 -4.02948000 <![CDATA[Beth Joseph Synagogue]]>

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Beth Joseph Synagogue
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-15 16:55:18
The Historic Beth Joseph Tupper Lake Synagogue and Gallery is a synagogue in Tupper Lake, New York that was built in 1905, although it was closed for over three decades. Today, it is the oldest synagogue in the Adirondack Mountains, but it is only open in the summer. It houses a small museum.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/beth-joseph-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/beth-joseph-synagogue/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:55:18 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/beth-joseph-synagogue/ 44.22476300 -74.46504500 <![CDATA[Chizuk Amuno Synagogue]]>

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Chizuk Amuno Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:59:03]]>

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Chizuk Amuno Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:59:03]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chizuk-amuno-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chizuk-amuno-synagogue/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:59:03 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chizuk-amuno-synagogue/ 39.29000300 -76.60099000 <![CDATA[Lloyd Street Synagogue]]>

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Lloyd Street Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:56:04]]>

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Lloyd Street Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:56:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lloyd-street-synagogue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lloyd-street-synagogue/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:56:04 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lloyd-street-synagogue/ 39.29048900 -76.60119900 <![CDATA[Temple Emanu-El]]>

Temple Emanu-El
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-09-03 16:53:16]]>

Temple Emanu-El
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-09-03 16:53:16]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-emanu-el-2/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-emanu-el-2/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:53:16 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temple-emanu-el-2/ 37.79108300 -122.45902100 <![CDATA[New Synagogue]]>

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New Synagogue
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By: neotrix
@ 2007-08-15 15:18:06
The Neue Synagoge (Eng. "New Synagogue") was built 1859-1866 as the main synagogue of the Berlin Jewish community, on Oranienburger Straße. Because of its splendid eastern moorish style and resemblance to the Alhambra, it is an important architectural monument of the second half of the 19th Century in Berlin.

The original building was designed by Eduard Knoblauch. Following Knoblauch's succumbing to illness, Friedrich August Stüler took responsibility for the majority of its construction as well as for its interior arrangement and design. It was inaugurated in the presence of Chancellor Count Otto von Bismarck in 1866 .]]>

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Jewish Cemetery Weißensee
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By: neotrix
@ 2007-08-15 15:12:22
The cemetery survived the Second World War relatively undamaged and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe today.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jewish-cemetery-wei-ensee/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jewish-cemetery-wei-ensee/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:12:22 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jewish-cemetery-wei-ensee/ 52.54418200 13.46232900 <![CDATA[King Herod's Tomb]]>

King Herod's Tomb
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By: jbottero
@ 2007-05-07 21:33:19
What is there to say!

An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Hebrew University said late Monday, 07 May, 2007.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/king-herods-tomb/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/king-herods-tomb/ Mon, 07 May 2007 21:33:19 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/king-herods-tomb/ 31.66593800 35.24158700 <![CDATA[Shrine of the Book]]>

Shrine of the Book
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-08 09:06:23
Home of the Dead Sea Scrolls.]]>

Shrine of the Book
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-08 09:06:23
Home of the Dead Sea Scrolls.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/shrine-of-the-book/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/shrine-of-the-book/ Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:06:23 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/shrine-of-the-book/ 31.77312600 35.20252300 <![CDATA[Mount Nebo]]>

Mount Nebo
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-08 09:04:03]]>

Mount Nebo
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-08 09:04:03]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mount-nebo/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mount-nebo/ Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:04:03 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mount-nebo/ 31.76762600 35.72502900 <![CDATA[Isaac M. Wise Temple]]>

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Isaac M. Wise Temple
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-05 10:02:06
Jewish Temple across the street from St. Peter in Chains Cathedral]]>

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Isaac M. Wise Temple
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-05 10:02:06
Jewish Temple across the street from St. Peter in Chains Cathedral]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/isaac-m-wise-temple/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/isaac-m-wise-temple/ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:02:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/isaac-m-wise-temple/ 39.10383600 -84.51838700 <![CDATA[Tempio Maggiore di Roma]]>

Tempio Maggiore di Roma
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By: doitsurt
@ 2006-10-20 14:13:31
The Great Synagogue of Rome (Italian: Tempio Maggiore di Roma) is the largest synagogue in Rome.

The building was constructed shortly after the unification of Italy in 1870, when the Kingdom of Italy captured Rome from the Napoleonic regime, which backed the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II dismantled the Roman Ghetto and granted the Jews citizenship. The building which had previously housed the ghetto synagogue (a complicated structure housing five scolas in a single building) was demolished, and the Jewish community began making plans for a new and impressive building.]]>

Dome of the Rock / Temple Mount
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-06-11 13:51:08
Dome of the Rock is a famous Islamic shrine in Jerusalem. It was built between 687 and 691 by the 9th Caliph, Abd al-Malik. It is sometimes called the Mosque of Umar (though it is not a mosque), as 2nd Caliph Umar prayed at the site after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dome-of-the-rock-temple-mount/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dome-of-the-rock-temple-mount/ Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:51:08 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dome-of-the-rock-temple-mount/ 31.77798300 35.23514900 <![CDATA[Temple Emanu-El]]>

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Temple Emanu-El
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By: DonMartini
@ 2006-06-09 08:06:42
Temple Emanu-El was the first Reform Jewish congregation in New York City and, due to its size and prominence, has served as a flagship congregation in the Reform branch of Judaism since its founding in 1845. Its landmark building on Fifth Avenue is the largest Jewish house of worship in the world. The congregation's current spiritual leader is Senior Rabbi Dr. David M. Posner.

Emanu-El means "God is with us" in Hebrew. Over 60 other Reform Jewish synagogues share this name from Livingston, New Jersey to Miami Beach, Florida to Dallas, Texas to Honolulu, Hawaii.]]>

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Old New Synagogue
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By: DonMartini
@ 2006-06-09 07:31:13
The Old New Synagogue in Josefov, Prague (also called the Alt-neu Shul, the Altneuschule, the Altneusynagoge , or Staronová synagoga in Czech) is Europe's oldest active synagogue.

Completed in 1270 in gothic style, it was one of Prague's first gothic buildings. It was originally called the New or Great Shul. When newer synagogues were built in the 16th century, it became known as the Old-New Synagogue. A still older synagogue, known as the Old Shul, was demolished in 1867 and replaced by the Spanish synagogue.]]>

Synagogue Nazareth
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By: dda
@ 2006-05-23 12:07:02]]>

Synagogue Nazareth
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By: dda
@ 2006-05-23 12:07:02]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/synagogue-nazareth/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/synagogue-nazareth/ Tue, 23 May 2006 12:07:02 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/synagogue-nazareth/ 48.86692900 2.35988800 <![CDATA[Dohány Synagogue]]>

Dohány Synagogue
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By: DonMartini
@ 2006-02-26 05:57:45
The Great Synagogue in Dohány Street, also known as the Dohány Synagogue, or the Tabac-Schul, the Yiddish translation of dohány (tobacco), after the Hungarian name of the street, is located in Belváros, the inner city of Pest, in the eastern section of Budapest. It was built between 1854-1859 by the Neolog Jewish community of Pest according to the plans of the Viennese architect Ludwig Foerster. The synagogue neighbors a major Budapest thoroughfare expressing the optimism and the newly elevated status of the Hungarian Jews in the mid years of the 19th century.

It is a monumental, magnificent synagogue, with a capacity of 2,964 seats (1,492 for men and 1,472 in the women's galleries) making it one of the largest in the world. The building has a length of more than 53 meters while its width has 26.5 meters. The design of the Dohány Street synagogue, while basically in a Moorish style, also features a mixture of Byzantine, Romantic, and Gothic elements.

In 1991 a monument dedicated to the memory of the Hungarian Jews who perished in the Holocaust was installed in the rear courtyard of the synagogue, in a small park named for Raoul Wallenberg. The Holocaust memorial, the work of Imre Varga, resembles a weeping willow whose leaves bear inscriptions with the names of the victims and boasts the inscription Whose agony is greater than mine. 240 non-Jewish Hungarians "righteous among the nations", who saved Jews during the Holocaust, are inscribed on four large marble plaques. The memorial was made possible by the generous support of the New York based Emanuel Foundation for Hungarian Culture, with funds raised from private donors. The National Jewish Museum (Orszagos Zsido Vallasi es Torteneti Gyujtemeny) is located within the synagogue compound.

Today the Great Synagogue in Dohány Street, for a long time one of the most renowned landmarks of Budapest, is serving as the main synagogue of the local Jewish community as well as a major tourist attraction.
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Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-01-17 13:54:27

From www.sixthandi.org:

Construction began on the Sixth & I Street Historic Synagogue in 1906, after architect Louis Levi and builder Arthur Cowsill satisfied District of Columbia engineers that the 45-foot span reinforced concrete foundation – new technology for the time – would hold the weight of the building committee, the engineers and seventy two courses of heavy brick, and, by implication, of the entire building.

"The new temple of worship," noted the Washington Post on January 5, 1908, "although not so large as a number of other churches in the city, is considered, from an architectural point of view to be one of the finest in Washington. It is built of light gray vitrified brick, with handsome terra cotta trimmings and unglazed red tile roof. There are five domes, a large one in the center, forty feet in diameter, and smaller ones in each corner. The style of architecture is a combination of modernized French and Byzantine. The trimmings over the entrances are rich in decorative effect and harmonious in their proportions."

"The chief feature of the interior," the Post continued, "is the large central dome, the ceiling of which rises 69 feet above the auditorium floor. Cathedral style is used in the interior, the large and small arches rising in graceful bows to meet each other. The glistening white enamel of the panel work and the rough white sands work of the walls made the richly colored stained glass windows, of which there are more than a score, standing out in striking contrast."]]>

Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum (Historic 1876 Adas Israel Synagogue)

Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum (Historic 1876 Adas Israel Synagogue)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-01-17 13:17:47
From www.jhsgw.org:

The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and its Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum preserve, chronicle and present the story of the local Jewish community through archival collections, exhibits, educational programs, publications, and the restoration and preservation of the oldest synagogue building in the nation’s capital. The Museum is located in the historic 1876 Adas Israel Synagogue—the oldest in the Washington, DC area. The synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the DC Inventory of Historic Sites, and the Historic American Buildings Survey. It is an Official Project of the Save America’s Treasures program.

Founded by volunteers in 1960, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington was incorporated in 1965 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to interpreting Jewish history in the greater Washington area. In 1969, galvanized by the pending demolition of the oldest synagogue building in the nation’s capital, Society members arranged for the historic building to be moved three city blocks to its present location. After extensive restoration, the synagogue was rededicated and opened to the public as the Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum in 1975.]]>

Wailing Wall (western Wall) and Mount of olives
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@ 2005-09-11 07:52:59]]>

Wailing Wall (western Wall) and Mount of olives
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By: TEYITAA
@ 2005-09-11 07:52:59]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wailing-wall-western-wall-and-mount-of-olives/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wailing-wall-western-wall-and-mount-of-olives/ Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:52:59 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wailing-wall-western-wall-and-mount-of-olives/ 31.78115300 35.24345400 <![CDATA[Kesher Israel Congregation]]>

Kesher Israel Congregation
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By: rayearth
@ 2005-08-09 13:46:39]]>

Kesher Israel Congregation
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By: rayearth
@ 2005-08-09 13:46:39]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/kesher-israel-congregation/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/kesher-israel-congregation/ Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:46:39 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/kesher-israel-congregation/ 39.97679900 -75.61927200 <![CDATA[FLW Beth Sholom Synagogue]]>

FLW Beth Sholom Synagogue
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By: doranchak
@ 2005-07-25 06:03:23]]>

FLW Beth Sholom Synagogue
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By: doranchak
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