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610 West 149th Street. Temple B'Nai Israel

1922

Temple B'Nai Israel

610 West 149th Street. Temple B'Nai Israel

IMAGE DATE1922
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Temple B'Nai Israel ca. 1922

Because this was the most aesthetically-accomplished synagogue designed by Henry Roth in the metropolitan New York area, it's all the more sad that the domed interior ornamented with neo-classical elements, like the rosette above, no longer survives and the square dome of the exterior had much of its elaborately-embossed copper cladding stolen. Fortunately, a profusion of finely-carved Jewish iconography, including citrons (citrus fruits) and menorrahs, are still intact.

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