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use this rm-dium. Where they have
been used, the designers anxiously
avoided the sort of story-telling
windows that are reminiscent of
the Catholic church, and limited
themselves to abstract geometrical
design. Unfortunately, large rec
tangles, squares or any other geo
metric shapes formed by colored
glass can, at times, cry out with
such loudness that the worshipper'
introspective mood is disturbed
Still, architects keep on experi
menting. and perhaps some solu
tion will be found integrating the
mystic radiation of transparent
colors in glass and yet avoiding
disturbance, confusion 01 idola
try.
In more than one sense, Jewish
congregations today are fortunate
in having available artists and
craftsmen of the Jewish faith, and
sometimes imbued with Jewish
learning, whereas only forty or
fifty years ago a Jewish sculptor,
weaver, silversmith, or mural
painter was a rarity in America.
Today, the “Who’s Who in Amer
ican Art” contains many scores of
men and women of Jewish origin,
and quite a few of them are willing
to use their skills in behalf of con
gregations It is, of course, not ab
solutely necessary that either the
architect of a synagogue, or t .
artists employed in its decoratic
be Jewish. But the Jew is mo.
likely than any outsider could po
sibly be, to bo fully aware of ti.
functions which the synagogue an
its appurtenances have to serve. In
a desire to exploit the names <\
internationally known artists (and
in thi' expectation that a work,
done by such individual, would be
widely reproduced in newspaper-
and magazines all over the coun
try ) rabbis and the trustees of
synagogues often engage persons
with great reputations in the art
world who are usually not fami
liar with Judaism and its tenets,
and. after accepting the commis
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sion, often fail to make a close
study of the synagogue and its
particular spiritual and aesthetic
needs.
But not only Gentiles Jews, too,
have gone astray, by misinterpre
ting or misrepresenting symbols,
by letting their imagination run
wild, or worse, by letting it run
dry. Familiarity with the subject,
respect for spiritual values, a keen
sense of good design, and the de
sire to produce something original
and new are the minimum re
quirements for anyone willing to
tackle the difficult task of pro
ducing ceremonial art. or of deco
rating the interior of a synagogue
Fortunately the outlook is bright
Just as more and more American
Jews have gone a long way to
wards adopting preference for aes
thetic expression that is in keep
ing with the more and moods of
IN A LIGHTER VEIN
By Jacob Richman
A Sujfar\ Habit
A "Meshulach.” or agent, for a
Talmudic school, came into the
house of a prominent Jewish
family while they were having
tea Naturally, he was invited to
join.
When the tea was placed on
the table, the guest drew out of
his pocket a lump of sugar.
"You will pardon me,” he said
apologetically, "but I always
drink tea with my own sugar."
“What do you mean?” pro
tested the host. "Do you think I
am such a miser that I begrudge
you a piece of sugar?”
"Oh, not all that," assured the
guest, suavely, "but you see, I
like to use much sugar with my
tea and, therefore. I make it a
point to use my own sugar.”
When the considerate guest
rose to go, he took hold of the
sugar bowl, which was brimful
of sugar, and emptied the con
tents thereof into his pockets.
The host and hostess were be
wildered.
"What does that mean?” stam
mered the hospitable man at
last "When I begged you to use
my sugar with your tea, you
pleaded that you preferred your
own; now all of a sudden you
change your mind and put the
whole bowl of sugar in your
pocket. That is queer!”
"Don't you understand?" ex
plained the practical man. "From
here I am going to the next
house, where I’ll surely be in
vited to tea, and I shall have to
drink it with my own sugar.
Now where am I to get it? There
fore I take the sugar along so
that I can drink tea in the next
house without using the host’s
sugar. You see, it’s a habit with
me to drink tea with my own
sugar.”
("Laughs From Jewish Lore"
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