By Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
What would the world have looked like if the Nazis had won World War II? In ‘The Afrika Reich,’ Guy Saville imagines the continent under German rule.
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By Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
There’s one giant question about Frank Lloyd Wright’s decision to design Beth Sholom near Philadelphia: Why did it take the famed architect so long to build a synagogue?
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By Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
In August, the city of Rome is expected to give its final approval to plans for Italy’s new Holocaust museum, the Museo Nazionale della Shoah. Designed by Rome-based architect Luca Zevi, son of famed architecture critic Bruno Zevi, together with co-designer Giorgio Tamburini, the museum will be built on the historically resonant site of the Villa Torlonia, a neoclassical estate that once served as the home of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Renderings of the museum were released to the public in the spring. Zevi discussed the museum plans and Jewish architecture by e-mail with the Forward.
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By Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
The recent selection of Daniel Libeskind as one of two finalists in the competition to redesign the site of the former World Trade Center in lower Manhattan is, at the most obvious level, a personal triumph that testifies to his status as one of the world’s most respected architects. But it also highlights the unprecedented rise to prominence inRead More