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in the mid 80s we were assigned a story
I assume written between then and the late 70s: set now, it's about a congregation clashing over remodeling their synagogue.
what I remember:
the high holy days have been switched to January
the prayer books are 50s era religious school texts
the most religious congregant recites the hamotzi instead of the shema
the double doors of the synagogue are redesigned to have a cross on one and a crescent moon on the other. the last image is a yellow star spray painted between them.
does anyone know the name and author?
I assume written between then and the late 70s: set now, it's about a congregation clashing over remodeling their synagogue.
what I remember:
the high holy days have been switched to January
the prayer books are 50s era religious school texts
the most religious congregant recites the hamotzi instead of the shema
the double doors of the synagogue are redesigned to have a cross on one and a crescent moon on the other. the last image is a yellow star spray painted between them.
does anyone know the name and author?
it was a photocopy and the rabbi who taught the class is no longer there.
posted by brujita at 1:01 PM on September 30, 2019
posted by brujita at 1:01 PM on September 30, 2019
someone at the synagogue was able to put me in touch with the rabbi emeritus: the story is called "the cathedral" by harry loewy.
googling turns up that he was a religious school principal in Kentucky and upstate NY who had some articles in the Jewish periodicals of the time. he was born in germany and emigrated to canada before coming to the USA.
posted by brujita at 7:40 PM on April 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
googling turns up that he was a religious school principal in Kentucky and upstate NY who had some articles in the Jewish periodicals of the time. he was born in germany and emigrated to canada before coming to the USA.
posted by brujita at 7:40 PM on April 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
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