(JTA) — Polish architects Maria Piechotka and her late husband recognized the significance of the wooden synagogues from the 17th and 18th century as unique to their country — the architecture ...

He served in the Siberian town Tomsk, where, along with a group of other Jewish former soldiers, he built a house of worship that became known as the Soldiers’ Synagogue. The building is one of the ...

The historic wooden shul that was built by the Jewish Cantonists, who were taken at a young age by the Russian government to be brainwashed and trained in the army, will be undergoing an extensive ...

A provocative interpretation of the art and architecture of a pre-modern wooden synagogue illuminates the social, historical and religious context of an Eastern-European Jewish community Thomas C.

The reopening of the Wooden Synagogue, which the Soviets nationalized in 1940, brings the number of active Jewish houses of prayer in Chisinau to four. CHISINAU, Moldova (JTA) — Jews in this ...

Its earliest masonry synagogue was built in 1642, replacing an earlier wooden structure. Reconstructed in the 1730s, it suffered a fire in mid-18th century and was eventually rebuilt in its new form.

Its earliest masonry synagogue was built in 1642, replacing an earlier wooden structure. Reconstructed in the 1730s, it suffered a fire in mid-18th century and was eventually rebuilt in its new form.