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CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS



BY ARCHITECTS

I. HARRY M. PRINCE, New York. Suggested Synagogue for Large Congregation.
II. FRIEDMAN, ALSCHULER and SINCERE and ERNEST A. GRUNSFELD, Jr., Chicago. Sinai Temple,
Chicago.
III. ERIC MENDELSOHN, San Francisco, Park Synagogue of the Cleveland Jewish Center, Cleveland.
IV. EUGENE SCHOEN and SONS, FRITZ NATHAN, New York. Sons of Israel Synagogue, Wood-
mere, L. I.
V. PERCIVAL GOODMAN, New York. Temple Beth El, Providence.
VI. BRAVERMAN and HALPERIN, Cleveland. Beth El Synagogue, Akron.
VII. GRUNSFELD, YERKES, LICHTMANN and KOENIG, Chicago. B'nai Israel Synagogue, Muskegon.
VIII. KIVETT and MYERS, Kansas City. Beth Israel Synagogue, Omaha.
IX. STOTZ and SHAROVE, Pittsburgh. Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh.
X. KATZ, WAISMAN, BLUMENKRANZ, STEIN, New York. Beth Sholom Synagogue, Lawrence, L. I.
XI. FRIEDMAN, ALSCHULER and SINCERE and ERNEST A. GRUNSFELD, Jr., Chicago. South Shore
Temple, Chicago.
XII. PERCIVAL'GOODMAN, New York. Temple Beth Israel, Lima.
XIII. BRAVERMAN and HALPERIN, Cleveland. B'rith Sholom Synagogue, Erie.
XIV. GABERT, MACKIE & KAMRATH, Houston. Temple Emanu-EI, Houston.
XV. MENDELSOHN, DINWIDDIE & HILL, San Francisco. B'nai Amoona Synagogue, St. Louis.
XVI. PERCIVAL GOODMAN, New York. Synagogue of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore.



BY ARTISTS

XVII. REUBEN LEAF, New York. Hebrew Lettering for the Synagogue.
TODROS GELLER (deceased). Stained Glass Window, Javne, in Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago.
Torah Mantle.
XVIII. REUBEN LEAF, New York. Ark Curtain in B'rith Sholom Congregation, Easton.
XIX. JACQUES LIPCHITZ, New York. Sculpture, The Miracle of the Candlestick.
XX. MILTON HORN, Chicago. Sculpture, Job.
XXI. MARC CHAGALL, New York. Etching, Three Angels Visit Abraham.
XXII. A. RAYMOND KATZ, New York and Chicago. Stained Glass Ceiling Window, The Four Freedoms.
Stained Glass Window, Isaac. (Both in Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago.)






























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