This volume presents a wide range of articles dealing with the various aspects of Jewish ­architecture throughout the centuries and its interaction with literature, politics, etc. ­Scholars from Europe, Israel and America presented their current research on Jewish ­architecture at the international conference "Jewish Architecture - New Sources and ­Approaches" at the Technische Universität Braunschweig in April 2014. The conference marked the twentieth anniversary of the fruitful German-Israeli cooperation of the Bet Tfila - Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe.