A couple of weeks ago The New York Times reported the artist Kiki Smith and the architect Deborah Gans had been commissioned to design the new east window of the Museum at Eldridge Street's majestic 1887 synagogue. Recently I went over to the museum to find out more about the project.

The new creation will replace tablet shaped, clear-glass panels installed in the mid- 1940's. While it's apparent the original window was badly damaged, no one's certain of the exact circumstances. Some theorize it was blown out in the hurricane of 1938, but there's no proof of that.

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