A Synagogue Like No Other: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Shul Still Thrives

The only synagogue ever designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright looks like a sanctuary pulled from scripture and pinned to a leafy street corner in Philadelphia. This is Beth Sholom, a shul shaped like a mountain — literally — 110 feet high and wrapped in 1,500 glass panels. Wright wanted it to evoke Sinai — not just a memory of revelation, but the possibility of one.

Architecture, Jewish, Judaism, News, North America, Art & Music, Art and Music, Arts & CultureBenyamin CohenSeptember 5, 2025Benyamin Cohen, synagogue, Jewish, Judaism, news, art and architecture, art, architectureComment

Decades After War, Bosnian Jews Who Lost Homes, Synagogues Still Await Restitution

Today, more than 70 years after World War II and as the world marks the 18th annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day — 30 years after both the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the end of the Bosnian War — Bosnian Jews are still awaiting restitution for long-gone homes, commercial buildings, places of worship and burial sites.

Europe, NewsKimberly WinstonJanuary 27, 2022Kimberly Winston, Bosnian Jews, Holocaust remembrance, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Bosnia, genocide in Bosnia, genocide denial, Francine Friedman, synagogue, Sarajevo, Jews, Jewish, Primary Feature, Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Recharge Comments

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