Negative:: Stone synagogue

European Jews

Volhynia Guberniya, Zaslavsky (Iziaslavsky) Uyezd, city Zaslav (Iziaslav)

1912

Glass

18 x 24

РЭМ 12588-15

Jewish ethnographic expedition of S. A. An-sky. The caption on the gable below the oval window reads, “665 (corresponds to the year 1905). Hoe magnificent this place is. It is no other than the House of God, the gate of heaven.” The height of a synagogue was often limited by the authorities of the city or shtetl. To increase the inner space of the praying room, the synagogue’s floor was lowered.