Religion: Temple in Texas

The eyes of Dallas, Texas were upon its Jews last week as they dedicated a new synagogue that ranks with the most impressive in the U.S. Brown brick and somber on the outside, surrounded by twelve acres of brown gravel parking space, on the inside Temple Emanu-el sparkles with stained glass, gold, green and blue mosaic work, and a curtain of shimmering metallic cloth in front of the Ark. The temple, at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Hillcrest Avenue, cost its Reform congregation $2,000,000, stands on one of the most valuable pieces of...

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