Research Catalog

Title

Wilshire Boulevard Temple and the Warner Murals : celebrating 150 years / Tom Teicholz.

Author

Teicholz, Tom

Publication

[San Francisco] : ORO Editions, [2013]

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Holdings

Details

Description

176 pages; 24 x 32 cm

Subjects

• Mural painting and decoration
• Mural painting and decoration > Conservation and restoration > California > Los Angeles
• Synagogues > California > Los Angeles > Pictorial works
• Synagogues > Conservation and restoration > California > Los Angeles
• Ballin, Hugo, 1879-1956 > Warner murals
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Synagogues > California > Los Angeles > History

Contents

Introduction -- Foreward -- Preface -- First Impressions -- The Central Lunette: the days of Creation -- The Frieze: the scroll of Jewish history, from Abraham to the First Temple -- The Hebrew congregation of Los Angeles and the murals that made history -- The Eastern Lunette: the prophets, rabbis, and sages of old -- Wilshire Boulevard Temple at the center of Jewish life -- The Western Lunette: the messianic age -- The sacred books -- The art and beauty of our worship -- From the East spandrels to the back wall: the wars of Israel and Judah -- The south wall: the matriarchs -- Thinking big: the role of congregational members in the life of the Temple, the city, the state, and the country -- The West wall: the great Jewish scholars from the Roman era to the middle ages -- The Jewish holidays -- Wilshire Boulevard Temple values: Tikkun Olam, interfaith dialogue, and support for Israel -- From the middle ages to America -- Renewal: the temple restoration -- The New World.

ISBN

• 9781935935971
• 1935935976

LCCN

99964240958

OCLC

• 894478706
• ocn894478706
• SCSB-5818307

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries