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A 7 page paper which examines the architecture and purpose of the exterior of the Mickve Israel in Savannah. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAmikve.rtf
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a synagogue; in relationship to its use for it is the temple of the Jewish people in Savannah, Georgia. However, by all appearances it is very much a Gothic cathedral.
The following essay examines this particular piece of architecture, comparing with the St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Savannah, discussing its foundations, and detailing its external structure. Mickve
Israel: Church or Synagogue? In relationship to the history of this particular structure a great migration of German-Jews occurred in the middle of
the 19th century.1 There was already a Jewish community in Savannah but it was the immigration that made the community realize they needed a larger synagogue.2 "On March 1, 1876,
the cornerstone was laid for the present building, and the Monterey Square sanctuary was consecrated on April 11, 1878."3 The synagogue was designed by Henry G. Harrison, an incredibly popular
and well known architect from New York.4 His design was Gothic, which reflected "the fashionable architecture of the Victorian era.5 The following details some of the intriguing historical and architectural
realities of this synagogue: "Temple Mickve Israel is the only synagogue building of uncompromised Gothic design on this continent. Tourists and visitors respond to the graceful upward sweep of the
structure and appreciate its cathedral-like atmosphere. Stereotypes images of what a synagogue ought to look like...do not match the appearance...One who approaches synagogue architecture with an open mind learns that
there is no distinctive Jewish architecture, and that Jewish sanctuaries have been constructed in the form of pagan Greek temples, Polish fortresses, and Japanese pagodas."6
As can be seen in the previous information, the style was clearly Gothic, and for many people that seemed to be out of character, or at least
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