PUBLISHED
April 2011
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 Lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished images and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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Yale
University Press.
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