Archive for December 2011

A few years ago, Boston-based architect Maurice Finegold got a call from Omaha that stopped him in his tracks. He’d already been hired to design a new synagogue for Omaha’s Temple Israel, which had outgrown its location at 70th and Cass Streets. It was a big project in its own right, but now he was…

Omaha’s unique plan for a church, a synagogue and a mosque on the same plot of land has reached a milestone — each faith group last week purchased its property. The schedule calls for the synagogue and the mosque to open in late 2013, to be followed by the church and a fourth building, a…