13/06/2020
Armoire de synagogue
"Can the Circle Be Unbroken..."
Not evey artist is privileged to create a piece for the synagogue which he used to visit while growing up.
I have just completed this Torah ark for the orthodox congregation at Anabel Taylor Hall on the Cornell University campus, in Ithaca, New York.
I wasn't raised in a religious household. But over the years my mother (of blessed memory), who was always spiritually inclined, became more observant. In fact she eventaully became the Hillel chaplain at the neighboring Ithaca College.
For several years my mother dragged me to Friday night services at Anabel Taylor Hall in Cornell. I was not into Judaism at the time. Certainly in my wildest dreams I couldn't imagine that one day I would move to Israel, become a wood artist, specialize in Torah arks and actually create the new ark for the very same place of worship I went to as a kid.
God really does work in strange ways...
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