Modern Architecture – Synagogues360

Temple De Hirsch Sinai

9 Feb, 2018

The largest Reform congregation in the Pacific Northwest was formed in a 1971 merger of Temple De Hirsch of Seattle and Temple Sinai of Bellevue, Washington. The largest Reform Jewish congregation in the Pacific Northwest is the result of the merger of Seattle’s Temple de Hirsch with Bellevue, Washington’s Temple Sinai. While the photographs on…

Temple Beth El

9 Feb, 2018

The first Jewish congregation of Michigan. Temple Beth El is Michigan’s first Jewish congregation. Its origin dates back to 1850 when there were 60 Jews in Detroit. Sarah and Isaac Cozens invited eleven other Detroit Jewish families to meet in their home. From that gathering, the Beth El Society was born. Since then, the congregation…

Congregation Shalom

9 Feb, 2018

A congregation with an inspiring history of growth and service as well as inspiring sanctuary architecture. Congregation Shalom is a Reform Jewish Congregation, representing a liberal interpretation of Judaism, building upon the bedrock of stability established by its founders in 1951. Although it is a relatively young congregation, its growth and importance to the community…

Malibu Jewish Center

9 Feb, 2018

Overlooking the Pacific coast; Shabbat with a salsa beat; religious school with organic gardening in its own nature preserve.

Beth El Synagogue

9 Feb, 2018

The curved wooden roof over the sanctuary swoops skyward, evoking the Tent of Meeting. Originally Beth El was formed on the North Side of Minneapolis as a Conservative alternative to the Orthodox synagogues existing at that time. By 1968, Beth El, like the other North Side synagogues moved to suburban St. Louis Park. Architect Bertram…

Shaarey Zedek

9 Feb, 2018

Referred to as one of the top ten breathtaking places of worship in the United States. The English translation of Shaarey Zedek is Gates of Righteousness. The Congregation was founded in 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War. Since that time it has been housed in seven different buildings, moving to its current location…

Congregation Bet Ha’am

9 Feb, 2018

An internationally acclaimed architectural design. In a state where there have been Jewish congregations for nearly 200 years, Congregation Bet Ha’am (House of the People) is a newcomer. Formed in 1985, the Congregation developed as a grassroots organization, open to creativity and innovation. Interfaith couples and progressive Jews not quite comfortable with the environment of…

Kneses Tifereth Israel

9 Feb, 2018

Called one of the 20 most architecturally significant synagogues in the USA. A group of Jews met for Rosh Hashanah in 1887 at a private home in an area then known as East Port Chester. That meeting was the beginning of today’s Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel. The egalitarian Conservative congregation has built upon its long…

Temple Beth Zion

9 Feb, 2018

One of the oldest and largest Reform congregations in the nation with a sanctuary that is a 20th Century architectural icon. In 1825, fifteen years after the founding of Buffalo, the Jewish politician and playwright Mordechai Manuel Noah bought the huge island which languishes in the Niagara River between Buffalo and the Falls. Naming the…

Congregation Bet Shalom

9 Feb, 2018

A striking edifice designed by an award winning architectural firm. Congregation Bet Shalom (House of Peace) was originally established in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis, in 1981. The small congregation met in peoples’ homes but soon grew to renting space in a church. Continued growth of the Reform congregation led to a move…

Jewish Center of the Hamptons

9 Feb, 2018

Has been called an architectural masterpiece. Quoted from Wikipedia: Gates of the Grove (Shaarey Pardes), the sanctuary of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, is a synagogue designed by noted architect Norman Jaffe and built in East Hampton, New York in 1989. It has been called a masterpiece. The cedar shingled synagogue won the Interfaith…

Temple Beth Shalom

9 Feb, 2018

An architecturally striking building that accentuates its rugged hillside site. The 15,000 square foot synagogue was designed to minimize its impact on the ruggedly handsome three acre site. The building’s form is organized to accentuate the site’s topography where wild deer roam freely. Completed in 1995, the building was designed by Edward Mills and Associates,…

The Hampton Synagogue

9 Feb, 2018

An architectural retelling of the story of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. The Hampton Synagogue sprang from a small minyan that met in the Rabbi’s home in 1990. By 1994 that fledgling group had grown, dedicating the 350 seat synagogue designed by Edward Jacobs Architect. The synagogue is formally designated as Orthodox…

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