Temple Emanu-El (Miami Beach, Florida)
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| Temple Emanu-El | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Conservative Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenazi & Sephardit |
| Leadership | Rabbi: Marc Philippe President: Joy Spill |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 1701 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
  Location within Miami Beach  Temple Emanu-El (Miami Beach, Florida) (Florida) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 25°47′33″N 80°7′53″W / 25.79250°N 80.13139°WCoordinates: 25°47′33″N 80°7′53″W / 25.79250°N 80.13139°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Synagogue |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1,370 |
| Materials | Marble |
| Website | |
| www | |
Temple Emanu-El is a synagogue located in the South Beach district of Miami Beach, Florida. It is a traditional egalitarian congregation led by Rabbi Marc-Philippe.
Temple Emanu-EL is considered one of the most beautiful synagogues in America. It is also is one of the oldest synagogues in South Florida.[1] It's impressive and eclectic Byzantine and Moorish architecture features a rotunda building and copper dome that stands more than ten stories tall. Temple Emanu-El's congregation has a long and venerable history as a spiritual home to the Jewish residents of the Beach for more than seven decades.[2]
LEADERSHIP[edit]
Rabbi Marc Philippe received smicha from Yeshiva Toras Israel in Jerusalem, also known as Diaspora Yeshiva. He has been a citizen of the world since childhood, having grown up on four continents. Beyond his role as Temple Emanu-El’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Philippe is a cantor, musician, composer, and conductor. Studying at Paris’ prestigious Ecole Normale de Musique, he earned a Masters degree and later received a second degree at the Conservatoire Maurice Ravel. During the same period, he was a student at the Institutions Talmudiques Yeshiva Yad Mordechai. Rabbi Philippe honed his cantorial skills as a conductor at the Consistoire Israelite de Paris. He then served the Choeur et Orchestre Philharmonique Européen, Orchestre Paris Pops and the Orchestre de I’lle de la Cite in various professional capacities.[3] Trained as a classical musician, Rabbi Marc Philippe likes to use music to teach Jewish spirituality, mysticism and meditation. [4] He is one of the most knowledgeable teachers of Kabbalistic Spirituality around. [5]
ARCHITECTURE[edit]
The synagogue's architecture and layout is based on the former Great Synagogue of Algiers. [6]. The stunning façade of the Temple Emanu-El in Miami Beach displays both Byzantine and Moorish architectural elements. When built in 1948, it was patterned after the Great Synagogue in Oran, Algeria.
Temple Emanu-El has religious and Art Deco features in its design including a stepped ziggurat roofline on the large stepped dome, geometrical pattern panels on front facade, oolitic limestone fluted pilaster which frame the primary entrance, and flower relief cornice band above the doors. Temple Emanu-El is a 1-story synagogue in the Other style with Art Deco influences built in 1947. The structural system is concrete block stucco. The foundation is concrete pile. Exterior walls are stone. The building has a dome roof clad in copper. The octagonal dome cover the primary structure of the synagogue. It is a stepped roofline resembling ziggurat influences. Windows are stained glass. The synagogue has a variation of religious stained glass. There is a two-story, side, recreation addition. An addition of a Youth Center was built in 1976 and a private building in the rear of the property. The primary entryway is located on the corner of Washington Avenue & 17th Street. It features three set of double wooden doors framed by large two story fluted limestone pilasters. Above the doors are three ornamental pattern pierced panels. The entrance is raised off the ground by a staircase.[7]
Status of Historic Designation: Designated at National level : Miami Beach Architectural District, 1979 Designated at Local level : Museum Historic District, 1989[8]
CULTURE[edit]
You do not have to be Jewish to visit and appreciate Temple Emanu-El. In fact, the synagogue has welcomed numerous world leaders such as Presidents Reagan and Clinton, the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. [9]
References[edit]
- ↑ {https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2001-03-17-0103160867-story.html}
- ↑ {https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/miami/jewish-landmarks-miami-beach.html}
- ↑ {https://jewishjournal.com/rosnersdomain/299377/rosners-torah-talk-parshat-bechukotai-with-rabbi-marc-philippe/}
- ↑ {https://www.truah.org/resources/crying-out-loud/}
- ↑ {http://www.lyingonthebeach.com/2020/02/27/why-we-need-kabbalah-now-more-than-ever/}
- ↑ "The History of Temple Emanu-El". Temple Emanu-El. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ {https://www.ruskinarc.com/mdpl/Museum/7499-1701%20Washington%20Ave/view}
- ↑ {https://www.ruskinarc.com/mdpl/Museum/7499-1701%20Washington%20Ave/view}
- ↑ {https://www.encirclephotos.com/image/temple-emanu-el-synagogue-in-miami-beach-florida/}
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