After World War I, Jewish architects developed a new style based, perhaps surprisingly, on Byzantine Christian church designs,

Becoming a fan of (any musical style) is much like joining a particular church. It's often not the musical style or the message from the pulpit so much as the other people in the fan base, and what kind of identification you feel with them. ... Liking a kind of music involves taking to the scene as much as the style.

In 1989, Norman Jaffe created a warm, inviting space for prayer, filled with natural wood, with a view of trees,

Built from 1948 to 1953, this is one of the first great modern American synagogues,

The history and architecture of this restored 1845 synagogue, open as a historic site by the Jewish Museum of Maryland, sums up some of the dramatic changes in American Judaism and in American taste before and after the Civil War. Built for the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in Greek-temple design, it has served many congregations, not all Jewish.

We must part for if we have two kings we must have two beds.