Deutsches Haus and the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies invites you to join for
The Moorish Style in European Synagogue Architecture: A Sicilian Connection
A lecture by Professor Michele Cometa (Italian Academy in America/ University of Palermo)
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Deutsches Haus, 420 West 116th Street (between Amsterdam Ave and Morningside Dr)
Currently a Fellow at the Italian Academy in America, Professor Cometa will speak about the 19th-century fascination with the "mosque style" which transformed synagogue architecture throughout Europe.
