In Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, the author of the book Seeking Sanctuary: 125 Years of Synagogues on Long Island, Brad Kolodny has identified 219 active congregations but has photographed 385 buildings that currently are, or at one time were, used as a Jewish house of worship. In these buildings we see the variation in American synagogue design for functional and aesthetic reasons. We also track the trajectory of popular styles throughout the 20th century and see how synagogue architecture reflects changes in Jewish community organization and Jewish identity. This comprehensive volume offers a look at all these synagogues and in so doing traces the history of Long Island’s Jewish religious life from 1896 to today as it continues to develop and evolve.

Brad, our presenter for this engaging new Zoom talk, has photographed more than 600 synagogues in 13 countries over the last 30+ years including every synagogue building from Great Neck to Montauk. He has worked for The New York Times since 1996, is president of the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island and an active member at Midway Jewish Center in Syosset, NY.

This book, his first, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in 2021. His second book, The Jews of Long Island 1705-1918, was published by SUNY Press and released in March 2022.

If you would like to buy the book, you can get it HERE

This is part Two of a Two part series about the Jews of Long Island. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE ATTENDED PART ONE TO WATCH PART 2. EACH PART STANDS ON ITS OWN.

If you want to hear this program, you must do so live. There will NOT be a chance to obtain a link to the recording.

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