What happens to the artwork when a synagoge downsizes?
With demographic shifts, synagogues sometimes need to close or congregations merge with one another.
What that happens, what happens to the donated artwork? Congregation Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, NY is dealing with that very question.
As L.I. congregation downsizes, its Louise Nevelson artwork needs a home - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The famed sculptor Nevelson designed a bimah backdrop for the historic Temple Beth-El in Great Neck. Now it's headed to storage.
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