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AMERICAN SYNAGOGUE ARCHITECTURE

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE

who purchased copies of my 2008 eBook "American Synagogues: A Photographic Journey"

Volume One is no longer available for purchase and I am now working on a revised & expanded version of the original. The new version will feature updated photographs and history as well as photographs from many new synagogues. Some vintage images will also be included. My goal is to include at least 250 to 500 additional synagogues. Volume One featured 1410 individual synagogues from all 50 States and Washington, DC. The new version will include synagogues in American territories such as US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

If you would like to be notified when the new eBook is available, please contact me and I will add your name to my mailing list. If you would like to photograph your synagogue or a local synagogue and have the photographs included in my eBook, please let me know. I am always pleased to include photographs from people across the USA. To see if I currently have images of your synagogue in my collection, just ask - Questions? jhp1963@yahoo.com

You can view the 'Ohio' sample page from the original Volume One by clicking HERE. Click on any synagogue image on this page to see an enlarged image and historical information. My Facebook Page has many interesting photographs and postings relating to American Jewish history and synagogue architecture. You can visit my Facebook Page as well as Twitter, Flickr, etc. by clicking the icons at the top right of this page.

In the coming weeks I will be adding a "Synagogue Photos of the Month" section where I will post my photos of a variety of synagogues from across the USA along with historical information.

Julian H. Preisler is a history researcher, author, genealogist and documentarian residing in Falling Waters, West Virginia near Washington, DC. A Detroit, Michigan native and a graduate of Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia with over 19 years of research experience. The son of Holocaust Survivor parents originally from Germany and the Czech Republic. I have had an intense interest in Jewish history/genealogy and synagogue architecture for over 25 years. My published works include:

Jewish Cemeteries of the Delmarva Peninsula
Pioneer American Synagogues: A State By State Guide
Jewish Genealogical Resources: Mid-Atlantic States - Apollo Press
Historic Synagogue of Philadelphia & The Delaware Valley - The History Press
Jewish West Virginia - Arcadia Publishing-Images of America Series

American Synagogues: A Photographic Journey has been reviewed by noted Texas Jewish author Hollace Ava Weiner and appeared in the Texas Jewish Post. Feature articles with photographs have appeared in the Washington Jewish Week, Daily Mail (Charleston, WV), Herald-Mail (Hagerstown, MD) and The Journal (Martinsburg, WV). Shorter articles have also appeared in the Menorah (Durham, NC); Community (Louisville, KY) and The Rambler (Southern Jewish Historical Society). The new and expanded version will include new synagogues and will also cover synagogues in US territories.

Some of my synagogue and local Jewish history photographs have recently appeared in Moment Magazine, Southern Jewish History and the book and accompanying exhibit Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina.

Upcoming projects that I am working on include the topics of Holocaust memorials & monuments and Pennsylvania synagogues. I am working with Fonthill Media publishers for books on synagogues of Pennsylvania. I will be posting updates and news on Twitter and Facebook, Please stay tuned and connected.

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