Re: [Cz-L] Assistance Request - Synagogue Architecture of Bessarabia!?

I am not aware of any literature on the architecture of Kishinev
synagoues, but three of the foremost experts on the Jewish
architecture of the region are Alla Sokolova, Boris Khaimovich, and
Sergei Kravtsov (the latter two live in Israel) . Below is a short
list of references that might be relevant. The first book is mostly
about an architecturally and decoratively interesting synagogue on
Brauhausgasse in Czernowitz, but it also has materials on other
synagogues in Southern Bukovina and Romanian Moldavia:

Boris Khaimovich, "The Work of Our Hands to Glorify. Murals of Beit
Tfila Benyamin Synagogue in Chernovtsy". Kiev: Dukh i litera, 2008
(ISBN 978-966-378-080-1)

Alla Sokolova, "The Podolian Shtetl as Architectural Phenomenon", in
"The shtetl: image and reality", Eds. Gennady Ėstraikh and Mikhail
Krutikov, Oxford: Legenda, 2000

Alla Sokolova, "Synagogues and Dwelling Houses in the Shtetls of
Podolia", in "Historic cities and sacred sites: cultural roots for
urban futures", Eds. Ismail Serageldin, Ephim Shluger, Joan
Martin-Brown, Washington: World Bank Publications, 2001

Alla Sokolova, "Shtetl houses and synagogues: From the history of
architecture to stories about architectural monuments", in "Jewish
architecture in Europe", Eds. Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Harmen H. Thies,
Michael Imhof Verlag, 2009

Sergey Kravtsov, “Jewish Identities in Synagogue Architecture of
Galicia and Bukovina”, Ars Judaica, 2010, 6, 81–100.

Best,
Iosif

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Czernowitzers...
>
> Let's look over the rim of our tea cup, going to Bessarabia and trying to assist Anastasia Moskaliuk, who wrote to me as follows:
>
> "...My name is Moscaliuc Anastasia, I am  a master student  of the Technion (Architecture). The topic of my thesis is "Synagogue Architecture of Bessarabia. Kishinev’s Synagogues as a case study." I just began  my research  and now I try to collect all the existing information. Unfortunately, it is very little information about Bessarabia synagogues. I know that you are researcher of Jewish heritage in  Bukovina. Prof. Ruth Enis kindly advised me to contact you. Maybe you have some information about  Bessarabia, or about other researchers in this field. I would be very grateful to you, I am very interested in any information on this subject. It is very important for me. I was born in Kishinev (that's why I chose this topic), but  since last year I live in Haifa. I speak Russian, Romanian, English and Hebrew. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. I am looking forward to hearing from you."
>
> I'm aware that it might be difficult to identify information sources, but who know's, our collective memory and competence may lead to suitable results!
>
> Edgar Hauster
> Lent - The Netherlands
>
> http://hauster.blogspot.com/

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