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Samuel D. Gruber

Samuel D. Gruber, an architectural historian and cultural heritage consultant, is president of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments and author of American Synagogues: A Century of Architecture and Jewish Community.

  • (Jack Solka)
    (Jack Solka)
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    Lone Star (of David) Story

    A ‘moving’ tale of a synagogue being trucked across Texas

    bySamuel D. Gruber
  • A detail from one of Adolph Gottlieb’s stained glass windows(All photos by Samuel D. Gruber)
    A detail from one of Adolph Gottlieb’s stained glass windows(All photos by Samuel D. Gruber)
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    Paned Expressions

    Though a bit tarnished, the Abstract Expressionist windows at Brooklyn’s Kingsway Jewish Center still glimmer

    bySamuel D. Gruber
  • (Gideon Finck)
    (Gideon Finck)
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    Original Intent

    A student sukkah project harks back to architecture’s dawn

    bySamuel D. Gruber
  • Model of Louis Kahn's proposed Congregation Mikveh Israel, which Kahn's assistants used to test the way the towers regulated light.(Susan G. Solomon)
    Model of Louis Kahn's proposed Congregation Mikveh Israel, which Kahn's assistants used to test the way the towers regulated light.(Susan G. Solomon)
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    Sacred Space

    Louis Kahn and the architecture of quiet reverence

    bySamuel D. Gruber
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