My Ideal Synagogue
Written and illustrated by Yaacov AgamFrom Reform Judaism, Fall 1994Reprinted with permission.What is the function of the synagogue, and does the architecture meet the needs of the worshipers? After...
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My Ideal Synagogue - Diagrams
In Agam's ideal synagogue,worshipers would ascend the sacred space of the sanctuary from a central vestibule.They would sit in rotating chairs, constantly creating different communal configurations. In...
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My Ideal Synagogue - Images
Designed of translucent plexiglass prisms, the ark projects from the wall in three triangles. Its rainbow colors are gently diffused through the angled prisms.Yaacov Agam's Torah Ark in the Minnie...
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Yaacov Agam, a maser of kinetic art and the son of a rabbi, has pioneered a form of visual art influenced by the Jewish conception that reality is not static and cannot be represented in a graven...
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Daniel Hillel FreelanderFrom Reform Judaism, Fall 1994Reprinted with permission.read more
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by Carly Rothman/The Star-LedgerMonday December 29, 2008For more than a year, George Greene and his wife labored daily over a lightbox in the basement of their Caldwell home, painstakingly fitting bits...
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