Wales's Orthodox Synagogues: Constructing Jewish Communal Places and Spaces.
This article examines the Welsh contribution to the history of Britain's Orthodox synagogues between the late eighteenth and early twenty-first centuries. It draws on spatial theory to address the communal, constructive, and performative nature of Wales's synagogues and offers the first nationwide e...
| Published in: | Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 59 - 95 |
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