ABOUT OUR STAINED GLASS WINDOWS

Right window:
BKS celebrated it's 25th anniversary in 1998 and to commemorate the event local artist and congregant Gael Levy was commissioned to design a stained glass window. Gael's design incorporates a dove, the universal symbol for our name shalom, together with the Hebrew lettering for shalom and Austro-Hungarian symbols taken from a collection of antique coins donated towards the purchase of the synagogue by the late Terry Pekarek Z"L. The cost of the window was donated by Ben Shohet.

Left window:
The left hand window was commissioned in 2003 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the congregation. Gael's design for this window features a shofar based on the midrash citing Psalm 89:15, "Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound", and continues the menorah theme from the original commission. The costs were donated by the Miszkowski family to celebrate Sam and Liisa's 25th wedding anniversary.