Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue designed by noted architect norman jaffe and built in east hampton”. Today it says “post-denominational jewish congregation”.
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Jewish Center of the Hamptons , abbreviated as JCOH , also called Shaarey Pardes ( transliterated from Hebrew as the " Gates of the Grove "), is a post-denominational Jewish congregation, synagogue , and community center, located at 44 Woods Lane, in East Hampton , Long Island , in New York , in the United States. Designed by Norman Jaffe in the Modernist style and dedicated on August 26, 1988, the synagogue has been called a masterpiece. The cedar– shingled synagogue building was awarded the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture excellence in design award. Jaffe called on Kabbalistic symbolism, the famed light of the Hamptons, and local vernacular traditions to create a contemporary religious space that uses architecture to shape spiritual experience. The New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger described it as "a building that is at once a gentle tent and a powerful monument, at once a civic presence that celebrates community and a place of quiet meditation that honors solitude".
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Gates of the Grove ( Shaarey Pardes ), the sanctuary of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons , is a synagogue designed by noted architect Norman Jaffe and built in East Hampton , New York in 1987. It has been called a masterpiece. The cedar shingled synagogue won the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture excellence in design award. Jaffe called on Kabbalistic symbolism, the famed light of the Hamptons, and local vernacular traditions to create a contemporary religious space that uses architecture to shape spiritual experience. New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger described it as "a building that is at once a gentle tent and a powerful monument, at once a civic presence that celebrates community and a place of quiet meditation that honors solitude." Harrison, Helen A.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Gates of the Grove ( Shaarey Pardes ), the sanctuary of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons , is a synagogue designed by noted architect Norman Jaffe and built in East Hampton , New York in 1989. It has been called a masterpiece. The cedar shingled synagogue won the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture excellence in design award. Jaffe called on Kabbalistic symbolism, the famed light of the Hamptons, and local vernacular traditions to create a contemporary religious space that uses architecture to shape spiritual experience. New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger described it as "a building that is at once a gentle tent and a powerful monument, at once a civic presence that celebrates community and a place of quiet meditation that honors solitude".
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Gates of the Grove ( Shaarey Pardes ), the sanctuary of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons , is a synagogue designed by noted architect Norman Jaffe and built in East Hampton , New York in 1989. It has been called a masterpiece. The cedar shingled synagogue won the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture excellence in design award. Jaffe called on Kabbalistic symbolism, the famed light of the Hamptons, and local vernacular traditions to create a contemporary religious space that uses architecture to shape spiritual experience. New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger described it as "a building that is at once a gentle tent and a powerful monument, at once a civic presence that celebrates community and a place of quiet meditation that honors solitude".
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synagogue designed by noted architect norman jaffe and built in east hampton
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post-denominational jewish congregation
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