for our trip to Cincinnati was not just to catch beautiful sunrises from the parking lot of the Adath Israel parking lot. The reason we went was that the Skirball Museum at HUC in Cincinnati accepted the spectacular stained glass windows that were created for Temple Beth El in Quincy by my father with artist David Holleman. Temple Beth El was reduced to a pile of rubble earlier this summer. many of the treasures in the synagogue have found new homes both communal homes and private homes. The windows though are massive and it was difficult to find them a home. Until just a couple of weeks ago I saw the destruction of the synagogue, the thought of a wrecking ball smashing that beautiful jewel box into smithereens as a personal loss. So many of the conversations about the development of each element of making the synagogue beautiful took place in our house on Presidents Lane. The model for the bima lived in our basement for decades. I remember Mr. Holleman bringing...
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