The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland
An Architectural and Social History
by Sharman Kadish
Photography by English Heritage
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press
80 colour and 170 black & white photographs, 398pp.
ISBN: 978-0-300-17051-1
£45

The religious buildings of the Jewish community in Britain have never been explored in depth. Lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished images and photographs taken specially by English Heritage, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era beginnings through the golden age of the grand "cathedral synagogues" of the High Victorian period to the twentieth century and beyond. Sharman Kadish sheds light on obscure and sometimes under-appreciated architects who designed synagogues for all types of congregation. She examines the relationship between architectural style and minority identity in British society and looks at design issues in the contemporary synagogue.

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