Reconstructing Religions:

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" Reconstructing Religions: "
Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1088516
Doc. No	:	LA132145
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157007308783360543‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler
Title & Author	:	Reconstructing Religions: [Article] : Jewish place and space in the Jerusalem YMCA Building, 1919-1933\ Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	60/1
Page No	:	41–62
Abstract	:	This paper discusses the representation of Jewish religion and culture in the architecture of the YMCA Building in Jerusalem, a prominent edifice built by the New York architect Arthur Loomis Harmon for the American YMCA. Within it, Jewish place and space were reconstructed as part of an architecture planned to promote Jewish, Christian and Moslem co-existence through an American secular cultural curriculum and a Christian vision of peace. This paper discusses the representation of Jewish religion and culture in the architecture of the YMCA Building in Jerusalem, a prominent edifice built by the New York architect Arthur Loomis Harmon for the American YMCA. Within it, Jewish place and space were reconstructed as part of an architecture planned to promote Jewish, Christian and Moslem co-existence through an American secular cultural curriculum and a Christian vision of peace.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157007308783360543‬