american congregations: preserving & disposing of the sacred
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Windows without a Home
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/stained-glass-windows-without-a-home July 13, 2020 (Alanna E. Cooper). When synagogues close or congregations merge what happens to the stained-glass windows that once graced their sanctuaries? Saying Kaddish for a Rust Belt congregation https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/277334/kaddish-for-a-rust-belt-congregation January 8, 2019 (Alanna E. Cooper). NEW CASLTE, Pa. (Tablet Magazine) - When Temple Hadar Israel in New Castle, Pennsylvania closed its doors, most of its ritual objects were disbursed to other congregations. What was left behind was buried in a cemetery.....
When an old synagogue downsizes, what do you do with all its stuff https://www.jta.org/2018/09/05/news-opinion/when-an-old-synagogue-downsizes-what-do-you-do-with-all-its-stuff Sept 5, 2018 (Alanna E. Cooper). ERIE, Pa (JTA) - There was some debate about putting the old synagogue building up for sale and moving to a new, smaller building, but not much. When a major pipe burst. . . |
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A Rust Belt synagogue 'runs out of people' and gathers to bury its past https://www.jta.org/2018/01/04/news-opinion/united-states/a-rust-belt-synagogue-runs-out-of-people-and-gathers-to-bury-its-past Jan 4, 2018 (Alanna E. Cooper). NEW CASTLE, Pa. (JTA) - It was a frigid 10 degrees on Sunday, the last day of 2017, but some 20 people gathered at Congregation Tifereth Israel's cemetery......
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