Morocco is launching a renovation of Casablanca’s Beth El synagogue, the city’s most beautiful.
As violence has shaken the Arab world from Libya to Iraq, numerous Jewish religious sites have been effaced—both synagogues and putative tombs of biblical prophets.. . .
During its 90-year reign, the “Latin Kingdom” rehabilitated ancient landmarks and built and rebuilt churches, leaving an enduring mark on the city’s architecture.
Jewish home designers and architects, many of them refugees from Hitler, helped shape an enduringly influential and distinctly American aesthetic.
Political scandals aside, Israel’s capital city is suffering from a wave of degraded architecture and offensive urban design.
The architectural look of 19th-century synagogues in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, and London reflected the look of Jewish emancipation and assimilation in each country.