Talk:Synagogue architecture

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parts ofthis have obviously been copied from a book and not edited well, and the list of cities with synagouges is so small it implies there are very few synagouges in the united states and around the worlds

Contents 1 Synagogues around the world 2 Notable synagogues missing 3 Basic Design? 4 Proposed structure

[edit] Synagogues around the world

This is a horrible section. You have cities listed and, well that's just useless. There is a synagogue in Newark, Delaware but it's incredibly non-notable... and there is also Arkansas listed. That's a whole state. That section (esecially) and this article (generally) need a lot of work... which is something I'm not really qualified to do... it would be great, however, to find good images for each of the notable sites. gren 20:43, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, it was terrible - taken from the Jewish Encylcopedia, where it was actually a listing of related articles with no other relevance. I have tried to rewrite.

[edit] Notable synagogues missing

The quotation of the influence of Moorish architecture was not exact. I have changed it. Other question: an article about synagogue architecture that doesn`t quotate Frank Lloyd Wright´s synagogue at Elkins Park, or the baroque interventions of Baldasare Longhena at the synagogues of Venice has much to work to be done. Cheer up! --Garcilaso 20:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Basic Design?

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[edit] Proposed structure

This is undoubtedly an important topic, and the article as it is contains a lot of interesting information; but it also reflects the editorial outlook of the Encyclopedia Judaica article. For example, an organ loft is not as universal as one might believe, nor that classrooms are on the first floor, etc. I would propose that we organize the article into the following sections:

1. Functional requirements that would serve to explain design - without making the contrast explicit, this should serve to explain why synagogues are not equivalent to churches, mosques, etc.
2. History, geographical variations, etc. - probably needs to be subdivided more, but this is where we explain that there isn't a distinct style for synagogues, but that the architecture has been a function of antisemitic restrictions, size of the community, architectural styles in the environment, functional use, etc.
3. Contemporary issues
4. A guide to making sense of the interior of a synagogue - what to look for, what may vary, etc. Should include discussions of a mechitza, bimah, ark, etc.
5. Examples, both contemporary and historic

--Leifern 23:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)