An explosion of Jewish creativity in the mid-twentieth century pushed the art of synagogue stained glass forward from its early beginnings when the form simply mimicked church art. Today, as synagogues across the United States downsize and close, what is happening with these important works?

Dr. Alanna Cooper is a cultural anthropologist whose work addresses contemporary Jewish life. Her attention is global in scope, with a particular focus on Jewish life in the United States. Her first book Bukharan Jews and the Dynamics of Global Judaism was published with Indiana University Press in 2013. Her current book project, Preserving and Disposing of the Sacred: America’s Jewish Congregations, examines the ways communities acquire, use, maintain and deaccession their material possessions.

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