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508 THE JEWISH ENX'YCLOPEUIA

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with keystones; ami clussic forms were consistcully finplovcd. Si'vcnil synnpofTiics wero built in Xcw York by tile lull' Iliiiry Fcrnbacli. the lirst .Icwisli iiicliiliot will) iniictiscci in Aincricii. Like most of liis work, they were all difriiilieil. handsome Imildinjis. well adapted to the requirements of the several congregatious. They evideneeil a marked tendency toward the Moorish style, wliiih, even when deiiartcd from iu the main design, was insisted upon in details. The most ambitious and noted -.xample is the Temple Emanu El. which Fernbaeh built in eollaboralion with Leopold EiKraph.)

American synagogues; and the advantages of combining reading-desk ami i)idi)it thus Syna-

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concentrating the attention of the conNew York gregation as well as securing additional seating capacity have made City. the arrangement a favorite one. further development of this idea was adopted in

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Temple Emanu-EI, New York. -Mnori:<h. (From

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are well studied and of great beauty. It is undeniably one of the most S|)lendid modern synagogues. Its exterior has graceful minarets and well-e.ecute(i carving and tracery, in he manner of the Alhambra; and in the interior there are massive stone piers, with intermediate granite columns dividing the nave from the aisle.s. From the piers spring large horseshoe arches which interrujit the clerestory above the smaller arches, thus prochicing to some" extent the effect of a transept, in the ends of which are circidar stained glass windows. The Ark. in the east, is elaborately areadcd and paneled, and is set in an arched recess crowned by a smaller arcade. The colors are rich; blue, red, yellow, and gold are lavi-shlv used; but they are so well blended that the general ciTect is harmonious. The galleries, which are of wood, extend behind the iiiers and colunms. and seem to be of secondary importance. The ijlatform in front of the Ark contains the reading-desk and pulpit; I

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Temple Beth-El. corner

Seventy-sixth street,

of Fifth avenue and desisrncd bv Arnold

New York,