Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy SA-SIG
The Johannesburg Synagogue
Editor: Dr Saul Issroff
Copyright © 2000 Saul Issroff, Mike Getz, SAfrica SIG
and Jewishgen Inc.
URL: http://www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica/synagogues/4/index.htm
Revised: 14 November 2000
Source: The Synagogue, Brian de Breffny, ISBN: 0-297 77527-8, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1978.
page 185:
The centrally planned, domed synagogue in simplified Romanesque style was widely adopted by Jewish communities after the turn of the century.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, the large community erected a new synagogue
in 1914 that occupied an entire city block. Designed by Theodore Schaerer
in red brick, it has a central plan with a flat dome, a wide, twin-towered
entrance with flanking towers, and apse-like projections. The interior is
decorated with marble and mosaic.
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