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  • 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
  • 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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    Red Marks and Red Lines

    A visit to some of Baltimore’s first synagogues, in celebration of Passover and commemoration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., killed 50 years ago this week

    byDavid Sugarman
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    Photo illustration: Tablet
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    Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Match My Torah!

    Congregations die, and other congregations need their Torah scrolls

    byJan Jaben-Eilon
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