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El rey Pedro I de Castilla, impulsado por sus ambiciones políticas y económicas de carácter autoritario, fue un gran benefactor de la comunidad sefardí. Este pro semitismo sin embargo fue utilizado por su hermanastro Enrique de Trastámara... more
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-due/programmi/cultura/geronimo/Storia/Nel-fascio-della-vita-1258258.html La storia inizia quando la vita finisce, e quindi è forse naturale che gli storici abbiano finito per occuparsi dei cimiteri. Tra... more
“Il restauro del cimitero ebraico di Bologna“
Ne parlano i curatori Daniele De Paz e Andrea Morpurgo. Coordina Franco Bonilauri, Direttore MEB
Ne parlano i curatori Daniele De Paz e Andrea Morpurgo. Coordina Franco Bonilauri, Direttore MEB
The Medici and the Jews: Religion, Culture, and Urban Strategies in Early Modern Florence. Tel Aviv University, June 13-14, 2018.
Designer of the new synagogue building complex in Novi Sad at the beginning of the 20th century, Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932) exercised a significant influence on the architecture of the city (then part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and... more
The internal arrangement of the synagogue is dictated both by Jewish and secular rules which lead to a dialog between sacred space and society. Jewish religious practices root in ancient times but live also today. My question is whether... more
Late 20th century architecture was impacted by the influence of a series of isms, Post-Modernism, Neo-Modernism, High Tech, Deconstruction, etc. These isms originated from different artistic trends and philosophical systems. This paper... more
In the article the author will attempt to interpret the architectural structure of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, designed in 1989 by Daniel Libeskind. The context of deliberations presented here will rely on a broadly understood idea of... more
About the 1993 demolition of the 1908 Seattle Reform Temple and its replacement with a small memorial park utilizing some elements of the destroyed building. Part of a more general discussion about how and why to save synagogue ruins.
Paris synagogue, rue Copernic, is a unique Art Deco edifice. Today it is threatened with demolition. Article originally published in French (www.menapress.org)