Jacob Pinkerfield
Born1897
Przemysl, Galicia, Poland
Died1956
Ramat Rachel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationArchitect
The Anda Pinkerfeld house in Tel Aviv where the writer Anda Pinkerfeld - Amir and her brother, the architect Jacob Pinkerfeld lived and created.

Jacob Pinkerfeld, also spelled Pinkerfield (1897–1956) (Hebrew: יעקב פינקרפלד) was an Israeli archaeologist and architect.

Biography

Jacob Pinkerfeld was born in the city of Przemysl, Galicia, Poland in 1897, the son of an architect. He joined the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and later studied architecture at the College of Technology in Vienna, Austria. Pinkerfeld moved to the Land of Israel with Hashomer Hatzair in 1920 and lived in Zichron Ya'acov. He returned to Europe to recover from malaria and pneumonia, after which he graduated university as an engineer-architect in 1925. That year, Pinkerfeld moved back to the Land of Israel.

Architecture and Jewish art research

Pinkerfeld worked as an architect and designer, building a large number of public structures. According to the Artlog website, "his dream was to establish a Research Institute for Jewish Art. Together with a group of friends he founded "Ganza", the Society for Jewish Craft, which later became the Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in Tel Aviv, and acted as its Director from 1950 until his untimely death.[1]

Archaeology career

He worked on excavations at de:Tell el-Kheleifeh, which Nelson Glueck at the time had mistakenly identified as Solomon's Ezion-geber,[2] and at the putative site of the Church of Zion on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, his findings forming the basis of Bargil Pixner's thesis of a pre-Crusader Jewish-Christian church on the site.[3]

Death

Pinkerfeld was one of the four archaeologists killed in the Ramat Rachel shooting attack on September 23, 1956.[3]

Published works

  • The Synagogues of Eretz YIsrael. (Hebrew) Rabbi Kook Institute (1945/1946)[4]
  • The Synagogues of Italy. (Hebrew) Bialik Institute; (1954)[5][6]
  • Bishvili Omanut Yehudit: Sefer Zichron (Hebrew) (1957)[7]
  • The Synagogues of North Africa. (Hebrew) Bialik Institute (1974)[8]
  • Jerusalem: Synagogues and the Karaite Community.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Artlog online catalog of notable Israeli architecture". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ↑ Israel exploration journal: Israel. Miśrad ha-ḥinukh ṿeha-tarbut. Dept. of Antiquities and Museums, Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Makhon le-arkheʾologyah, Ḥevrah la-ḥaḳirat Erets-Yiśraʾel ṿe-ʻatiḳoteha - 1996 "The chapters are: Chapter 1: Tell el-Kheleifeh 1937-1940: A Summary of the Work of Nelson Glueck and Architect Jacob Pinkerfield'; Chapter 2: The Data for Reappraisal of Glueck's Excavations';
  3. 1 2 Israel Rejects Jordan's Claim Madman Killed 3, Meriden Journal, 24 September 1956, accessed 16 August 2016
  4. ↑ "בתי הכנסיות בארץ-ישראל: מסוף תקופת הגאונים עד עלית [עליית] החסידים / פינקרפלד, יעקב - הגלריה לספרות - ספרים משומשים, נדירים ועתיקים". www.bookgallery.co.il. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  5. ↑ Pinkerfeld, Jacob (1954-01-01). The Synagogues of Italy (First ed.). Bialik Institute.
  6. ↑ Pinkerfeld, Jacob (1954-01-01). The Synagogues of Italy.Their architectural development since the Renaissance - in HEBREW. Bialik Institute.
  7. ↑ bullstar. "בשבילי אמנות יהודית יעקב פינקרפלד ספר זכרון חנות ספרים יד שניה". ספרים וספרי יד שנייה :: בוקספר, booksefer. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  8. ↑ Pinkerfeld, Jacob (1974-01-01). The Synagogues of North Africa - text in HEBREW. Bialik Institute.
  9. ↑ "ירושלים : בית הכנסת ועדת הקראים - יעקב פינקרפלד". סימניה. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
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