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Jennifer Rackow
Jennifer Rackow is a consultant focusing on entrepreneurial business planning and performance measurement, with ten years of partnership and program development experience from the for-profit, non-profit and government worlds. Jennifer coaches entrepreneurs and regularly presents workshops on volunteer engagement, business development, and program evaluation. A native of Elkins Park, PA, home of Beth Sholom Synagogue, Jennifer looks forward to sharing her research into the collaboration between the late Rabbi Mortimer Cohen and architect Frank Lloyd Wright that created this unique structure.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Beth Sholom Synagogue
The Architecture of Collaboration
- Sunday 4:30PM–5:45PM Foxfire
What happens when a dedicated Rabbi collaborates with one of the most daring and accomplished architects of the 20th Century? After volumes of correspondence, they create a synagogue rich in symbolism and intent: "A new thing - the American spirit wedded to the ancient spirit of Israel." But why is the building shaped like a distorted hexagon? How did the space race influence the building materials? Why do certain menorahs have seven branches, rather than nine? Join Elkins Park native and Beth Sholom docent Jennifer Rackow to learn about this stunning synagogue, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007.