Temple Beth Zion - Table of Contents
Nomination - Temple
Beth Zion
National Register of Historic
Places Registration Form
Listed 1/16/2018
Location and Setting
Sanctuary
Sisterhood Chapel
Religious School Building
Rabbi Joseph L. Fink Auditorium
Summary
Temple Beth Zion Congregation in Buffalo 1850-1961
The New Location
The Architectural Committee Searches the Country for an Architect to Design the New Building,
October 1961-April 1962
Max Abramovitz (1908-2004), Architect of the New Synagogue
Evolution of the Design and Construction, April 1962-April 1967
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) and the Stained Glass Windows and Ten Commandments
"An appropriate and unhampered expression": The Neo-Expressionist Design of Temple Beth Zion
After the Period of Significance
Summary
Bibliography
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