Temple Beth Zion

Temple Beth Zion - First Floor and East Window
Temple Beth Zion - OFFICIAL HOME PAGE

Windows/ Ten Commandment tablets/ Menorah artist:
Ben Shahn

Stained glass windows artist:
Shahn's paintings adapted by Benoit Gilsoul (BEN wah JEEL soul)

Windows fabricator:
Willet Studios

Temple status:
Included in the Linwood Preservation District

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Entrance behind the east wall. The walls are bathed in a diffused natural light	Bimah: Commandment Tablets East window Menorah	Skylight Commandment Tablets East window	Skylight

East stained glass window	Skylight Commandment Tablets East window	East window	Detail: east window

Detail: east window	Detail: east window	Detail: east window	Detail: east window

Menorah	First letter of a commandment in mosaic, followed by the rest of the text in gold leaf	Holy Ark with drawn curtains	Holy Ark with opened curtains

Torah in the Holy Ark	Torah mantels in the Holy Ark

Sources:

"Houses of Worship: A Guide to the Religious Architecture of Buffalo, New York," by James Napora. Master of Architecture thesis. Found at Buffalo Central Library
About Temple Beth Zion From Temple Beth Zion official home page
Temple Beth Zion Painting by Dr. V. Roger Lalli/Narrative by D. Rote
"Buffalo: Lake City in Niagara Land,"by Richard C. Brown and Bob Watson. USA: Windsor Publications, 1981
Buffalo's Houses of Worship: Temple Beth Zion
"Church Tales of the Niagara Frontier : Legends, History & Architecture," by Austin M. Fox, et. al. Pub. by Western New York Wares, 1994
Synagogue Architecture (Lawrence Joffe)

See also:

Jewish-American History in Buffalo

Ben Shahn (1898-1962: Timeline

Ben Shahn (1898-1962: Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn

Special thanks to Executive Director Mark Criden for his cooperation
and
Wendee G. Lorbeer for her encouragement

Windows/ Ten Commandment tablets/ Menorah artist:	Ben Shahn
Stained glass windows artist:	Shahn's paintings adapted by Benoit Gilsoul (BEN wah JEEL soul)
Windows fabricator:	Willet Studios
Temple status:	Included in the Linwood Preservation District