Beth Sholom Synagogue

The Beth Sholom Synagogue, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park, is the seat of the Beth Sholom Congregation of Conservative Judaism. The Congregation was originally established its synagogue in Logan in 1919 but moved to its present home, specially designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during the 1950s. With its steeply inclined walls of translucent wire glass and plastic projecting skyward like a "luminous Mount Sinai" (in Wright's own description), the design is considered by critics to be the "most expressive" drafted in Wright's career for any house of worship. It has been listed by the American Institute of Architects as one of the 17 American buildings which are to be preserved as an example of Wright's contribution to American architecture.

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Philadelphia - Elkins Park - Conservative Judaism - Synagogue - Logan - 1919 - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1950s - Wall - Translucent - Mount Sinai - American Institute of Architects - American architecture

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