Rizzoli International Publications, 240 pages, $50. For Rachel Wischnitzer’s 1955 book “Synagogue Architecture in the United States: History and Interpretation,” the first and last great ...

Central Synagogue, Yeshiva University, Village East Cinema, Eldridge Street Synagogue, and New York City Center display a Moorish architectural revival style.

Built in 1872, the Central Synagogue is in the Moorish Revival style as a copy of Budapest’s Dohány Street Synagogue. After a fire in 1998, the building was restored.

According to Department of Interior records, the commission to design the synagogue was awarded to Henry Fernback, identified as the first Jew to practice architecture in the U.S.

Thomas C. Hubka, an architectural historian known for his work on American vernacular architecture, immersed himself in medieval and early-modern Jewish history, religion and culture to prepare for ...

On June 1, Broward Central Synagogue is scheduled to open as the merger of two Reform houses of worship: Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El in Plantation and Temple Beth Orr in Coral Springs.