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... synagogue of Bet Alfa , Jezreel Valley , Israel , 6th century AD . Picture from the photographic archive of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , New York . Frank J. Darmstaedter Sefardi art of the East Ashkenazi art of the West.
... synagogue of Bet Alfa , Jezreel Valley , Israel , 6th century AD . Picture from the photographic archive of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , New York . Frank J. Darmstaedter Sefardi art of the East Ashkenazi art of the West.
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... Synagogue ) in Prague , one of the very few medieval synagogues to survive Nazi destruc- tion . Synagogue decorations were usually stone carvings , in the style of Gothic and Renaissance architectural ornamentation . Ashkenazi ...
... Synagogue ) in Prague , one of the very few medieval synagogues to survive Nazi destruc- tion . Synagogue decorations were usually stone carvings , in the style of Gothic and Renaissance architectural ornamentation . Ashkenazi ...
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... Synagogues in Palestine and Greece ( 1934 ) ; and CARL H. KRAELING , The Synagogue ( 1956 ) . On medieval and modern European synagogues , see RACHEL WISCHNITZER , The Architecture of the European Synagogues ( 1964 ) ; and on American ...
... Synagogues in Palestine and Greece ( 1934 ) ; and CARL H. KRAELING , The Synagogue ( 1956 ) . On medieval and modern European synagogues , see RACHEL WISCHNITZER , The Architecture of the European Synagogues ( 1964 ) ; and on American ...
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