Temple s stained glass shimmers with light and history
Beth Emeth s blue window cascades depict cosmos, and a Torah rescued from Nazis
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ALBANY Congregation Beth Emeth’s biggest sanctuary has seven floor-to-ceiling stained glass windows, cascades of hundreds of hues of blue dramatically symbolizing the cosmos, skies and oceans during Creation. Floating in the abstract colors are realistic and detailed stained glass scenes of men, women and children celebrating holy days and worshipping. Those scenes were rescued from Temple Beth Emeth’s 19th century building on Swan and Lancaster Streets.
International authority on stained glass art, Robert Sowers, worked to incorporate those highly detailed human stained glass scenes into the towering blue, green, purple and white abstract designs. The building was dedicated in 1957 and has optimistic, midcentury modern elements like swooping, curved roofs, lots of light and glass.