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1media/01 Vincent_Giordano_Ioannina_Synagogue_interior_thumb.jpg2020-12-14T12:46:37-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Reader’s Platform and Interior Space2Set in an apse-like projection between two doors in the western wall, the impressive bimah (reader’s platform) faces the ehal and dominates one half of the interior space. The central bay is surmounted by an inscribed dome. Note especially the iron tie rods that link the columns under the arches. They provide extra tension and help support the building.media/01 Vincent_Giordano_Ioannina_Synagogue_interior.jpgplain2021-01-13T16:46:29-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/View Across Hall 02_thumb.jpg2020-12-14T12:50:49-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0View Across the Prayer Hall1This view across the prayer hall to the northeast corner shows the seven banks of benches, including those that face each other across an open space beneath the dome. The ehal is on the right, and the women’s section on the far north wall, visible on the left.media/View Across Hall 02.jpgplain2020-12-14T12:50:49-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/04_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T10:58:58-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Looking Southeast in the Prayer Hall2Looking southeast in the prayer hall, the ehal is on the left, memorial plaques are on the walls, and abundant light pours into the space from the many large windows. Synagogues are meant to be well lit for practical and spiritual purposes, but the windows are high enough not to allow worshippers to be distracted by the outside world.media/04.JPGplain2021-01-13T16:50:24-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/ehal Ark 03_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:02:00-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0The Ehal (Ark)1The ehal (Ark) is the central focus of the prayer hall. In it are stored the Torah scrolls. The monumental architecture of ehal provide the backdrop for daily and holiday worship. This magnificent ehal is made of marble and combines classically derived architectural forms in a somewhat fanciful arrangement.media/ehal Ark 03.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:02:00-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/Oil Lamps and Metal 05_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:14:38-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Traditional Oil Lamps Hung from Metal Extensions1This view of the ehal shows that metal extensions allow the handing of traditional oil lamps. We can also see how much of the prayer hall ceiling is made of flat painted wooden planks.media/Oil Lamps and Metal 05.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:14:38-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/Tablets of the Law 06_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:20:16-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Tablets of the Law (Luah ha Brith)1The marble ehal is surmounted by the Luah ha Brith (Tablets of the Law). Stavoroulakis has indicated that a silver copy (similar in size) is also at the apex of the ehal in the Scuola Greca (the Romaniote Synagogue) in Corfu.media/Tablets of the Law 06.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:20:16-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/07 north wall and women gallery_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:23:00-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0North Wall and Women’s Gallery1This view of the sanctuary shows the full north wall and women’s gallery, known as the Ezrat Nashim or mechitza. Women entered from a special outer stairway and sat behind a high wooden lattice screen.media/07 north wall and women gallery.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:23:00-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/Arches 08_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:28:31-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Variously Sized Arches Provide Definition to the Interior Space1This view toward the northeast corner demonstrates how different size arches are used to define the relative importance of interior spaces. The widest and roundest arches are in the center bay between the ehal and the bimah, where they surround a shallow dome.media/Arches 08.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:28:31-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/09 Seating Options_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:37:04-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Seating Options1This view of the northwest corner of the prayer hall shows a variety of seating options. Above, women sat behind a high grille in the gallery. Below, men could sit on benches around the periphery on in the more centrally placed banks of benches.media/09 Seating Options.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:37:04-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/10 Dome Star_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:41:21-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Central Dome and a Spandrel Decorated with the Star of David2Part of the inscribed dome in the central bay and a spandrel decorated with the Star of David (Magen David). The presence of a central shallow dome was common in synagogues throughout the Balkans during the Ottoman period.media/10 Dome Star.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:42:06-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/11 bimah readers platform_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:45:46-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0The Imposing Bimah2The imposing bimah (reader's platform) occupied a niche on the west wall. From here the Torah was read on the Sabbath and high Holidays. The bimah is at one end of the polar-axis, opposite the ehal. The drama of the liturgy transpires between these two points.media/11 bimah readers platform.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:46:13-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, Vincent2006100914043220061009140432Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/12_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:50:30-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Tallisim, Memorial Plaques, and Entryway1From the cool shadows within the synagogue we look out the entrance from the courtyard. To the left we see piled tallisim (prayer shawls) and set into the walls the memorial plaques commemorating Ioannina Jews deported and murdered in the Holocaust.media/12.JPGplain2020-12-14T13:50:30-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0