While the symbolic program for a synagogue is distinct, as an iconic structure it lacks the identifiable architectural typology of, say, a Gothic-style cathedral or a domed mosque. Since the first Diaspora of the Jews in the 7th century B.C., Jewish synagogues have responded to the particulars of places and living situations of migrating congregants, as Henry and Daniel Stolzman note in Synagogue Architecture in America, Faith, Spirit, and Identity (2004).
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