Title: The synagogue.
Authors: Kaploun, Uri
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Year: 1973
Subjects: Synagogues.; Jewish art and symbolism.
Abstract: Bibliography: p. 117.
Contents: 1. A little sanctuary -- Origins: prayer and sacrifice -- The temple -- First century -- Ancient synagogue outside Erez Israel -- The synagogue at the temple -- The Bet Midrash -- Body and soul -- Order of service -- After the temple -- Education, in Aggadah -- 2. The pulse of the community -- Philanthropy: Pletten -- Administration: Communal legislation -- Democracy: leadership -- The Hazzan: qualifications -- The Rabbi: qualifications -- Functions -- Governmental interference -- Pastoral activities -- The Dayyan -- The state of Israel -- The preacher: Jacob Kranz -- Shabbat -- Preaching in the vernacular -- Subjects of sermons -- The state of Israel -- The reader of the law -- The Shammash -- 3. In the multitude of people is the king's glory -- The Hasidim -- The Rebbe -- The social structure of the synagogue: Synagogues by professions -- Names -- The reform movement -- The organ -- The oriental synagogue: spontaneity -- The Yemenite synagogue -- The Bukharan synagogue --^