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Alanna E. Cooper

Alanna Cooper serves as the Abba Hillel Silver Chair in Jewish Studies at Case Western Reserve University. She is the author of Bukharan Jews and the Dynamics of Global Judaism.

  • A stained-glass window by master craftsman Mark Liebowitz is installed in a synagogue
    A stained-glass window by master craftsman Mark Liebowitz is installed in a synagogue
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    Windows Without a Home

    When synagogues close or congregations merge, what happens to the stained-glass windows that once graced their sanctuaries?

    byAlanna E. Cooper
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    The Resilience of Rituals

    Attending a virtual shiva, I saw how Jewish traditions still hold up under the most extraordinary circumstances

    byAlanna E. Cooper
  • Headstone marking burial of Temple Hadar Israel’s artifacts, with stones left by participants in the unveiling ceremony.
    Headstone marking burial of Temple Hadar Israel’s artifacts, with stones left by participants in the unveiling ceremony.
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    Saying Kaddish for a Rust Belt Congregation

    When Temple Hadar Israel in New Castle, Pennsylvania, closed its doors, most of its ritual objects were disbursed to other congregations. What was left was buried in a cemetery.

    byAlanna E. Cooper
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