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The Grand Synagogue of Lyon was built shortly after the establishment of a regional consistory by Emperor Napoleon III and the appointment of a regional chief rabbi. In 1858, a new synagogue for the…
Contributor:
Abraham Hirsch
Places:
Lyon, Second French Empire (Lyon, France)
Date:
1863–1864
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Edouard Brandon’s painting of Amsterdam’s famous Portuguese Synagogue (1675) is set on the Ninth of Av, a fast day commemorating and mourning the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Members of the…
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Jacques-Émile-Édouard Brandon
Places:
Paris, Second French Empire (Paris, France)
Date:
1867
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Édouard Moyse’s paintings of Jewish religious life earned him the nickname “the painter of rabbis.” His paintings often depict an idealized Judaism not situated in a specific place or time. The…
Contributor:
Édouard Moyse
Places:
Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1897
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This synagogue, located in Carpentras, in Provence, was built in 1367 but went through serious repairs and was remodeled between 1741 and 1744 by a local civil engineer Antoine D’Allemand, in the…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Carpentras, Kingdom of France (Carpentras, France)
Date:
1741–1744