Judith Stolzer-Segall
Judith Stolzer-Segall (1904–1990) was a German Jewish modern architect. She is believed to be the first female architect to ever design and build a synagogue. • Illustration — Central Synagogue of Hadera (1935)
Judith Stolzer-Segall
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- Name
- Judith Stolzer-Segall
- Born
- 20 May 1904
- Died
- 12 January 1990
- Place of death
- Munich
- Education
- Technische Hochschule Danzig
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture
- Languages
- German
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Judith Stolzer-Segall (1904–1990) was a German Jewish modern architect. She is believed to be the first female architect to ever design and build a synagogue. • Illustration — Central Synagogue of Hadera (1935)
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Judith Stolzer-Segall (1904–1990) was a German architect. Born in Melitopol, the architect died in Munich.
Judith Stolzer-Segall studied at Gdańsk University of Technology. The architect was active in architecture. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Judith Stolzer-Segall • Native Name — יהודית שטולצר-סגל • Born — 20 May 1904 • Died — 12 January 1990 • Place of death — Munich • Education — Technische Hochschule Danzig
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Judith Stolzer-Segall was born in the Russian Empire on 20 May 1904. She grew up in Berlin following the expulsion of Jews from Lithuania in 1914. In 1924, Stolzer-Segall matriculated at the Technische Hochschule Danzig where she studied architecture until 1929. Following her graduation, she was employed at various offices, eventually going on to found her own office in 1932. • Illustration — Histadrut building in Jerusalem (1950) In 1933, Stolzer-Segall immigrated to Mandatory Palestine. In Palestine, she worked with a number of other Jewish architects including Oskar Kaufmann and Eugen Stolzer. During this period, Stolzer-Segall won the commission for the design of the Central Synagogue of Hadera; the building is believed to be the first synagogue designed by a woman. Stolzer-Segall returned to Germany in 1957, going on to become a citizen of the country in 1968. Judith Stolzer-Segall died on 12 January 1990 in Munich, Germany.
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• Illustration — Kiryat Meir, Tel Aviv • Central Synagogue of Hadera (1935) Hadera • Kiryat Meir (1936), Tel Aviv • Histadrut building (1950), Jerusalem
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1904
Judith Stolzer-Segall was born on 20 May 1904.
1990
Judith Stolzer-Segall died on 1 December 1990.
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- 1.Architects in Palestine: 1920-1948 Jewish Women's Archive. jwa.org.
- 2.Vierhaus, Rudolf. Schlumberger - Thiersch. Walter de Gruyter. 2011-05-03. 9783110965025.
- 3.KIT-Webmaster (SG). KIT - IKB - Stolzer-Segall, Judith. kg.ikb.kit.edu. 2013-12-12.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Davidi, Sigal. Modern Architecture and Gender in Pre-State Israel, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2025.
- Davidi, Sigal. Women Design Synagogues: Gender insights into the history of modern Israeli synagogue architecture. Israel Studies 28, no. 1, Indiana University Press (2023): 140-161.
- Davidi, Sigal. Kiryat Meir: First middle-class cooperative housing complex in Tel Aviv, In Katharina Borsi, Didem Ekici, Jonathan Hale and Nick Haynes (eds.), Housing and the City, (London and New York: Routledge, 2022): 109-121.
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