tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post8324336635058045935..comments2024-03-26T06:12:34.223-04:00Comments on Samuel Gruber's Jewish Art & Monuments: USA: Wrecking Ball Closer for NYC’s Congregation Meseritz Synagogue Documented by ISJMSamuel Gruberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06669871743659835632noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-30876729545572267202010-08-22T14:36:11.286-04:002010-08-22T14:36:11.286-04:00Samuel,
Have you heard of the restoration of the...Samuel, <br /><br />Have you heard of the restoration of the Mogen Abraham Synagogue in Beirut. For years I passed by it and it was merely a shell due to its destruction during the civil war. But, finally, the Lebanese government's restoration of areas destroyed during the civil war has come to that area of the city and it is being restored. Beautiful! I'm going in the late fall and MiMihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659699071098202926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-26638062932448409302008-08-09T10:20:00.000-04:002008-08-09T10:20:00.000-04:00It's instructive to read about situations like t...It's instructive to read about situations like this in the United States, which often go unnoticed, whereas similar cases in Europe sometimes become front page news and object of loud indignation. Granted, the surviving synagogues in Europe survived something much more sinister and tragic than the American urban flight and demographic change and thus are imbued with a special significance. But Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673699594687148399noreply@blogger.com