66346X2 First Edition. American Sephardi Federation, New York: 2008. 201 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Architect and author, Joel Zack, and his team, traveled throughout Turkey and documented nearly 50 synagogues and former synagogues, resulting in this rich photographic collection. An exhibition of selected images traveled throughout the United States and was presented at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. The text accompanying each photograph, as well as excerpts from diary entries, place these monuments in an historical and contemporary context. The text is in both English and Turkish. "This project testifies to a historic Jewish community of vibrancy and dynamism that once dotted Turkey. Dating back to Roman and Byzantine times, Jews thrived on Turkish soil, finding refuge in the tens of thousands after their expulsions from Spain, Portugal, and Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Joel Zack and his team have performed an important cultural service, retrieving for posterity rich testimony of the Jewish architectural heritage in Ottoman and modern Turkish History." - Jane S. Gerber, Professor of Jewish History and Director, Institute for Sephardic Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York $75.00USD
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