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Stained Glass Windows

Panel 1

Panel 2

Panel 4

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The Peretz Centre's Stained Glass Windows: Panel 3

 

freyd (joy)

 

tants (dance)

 

musik (music)

 

 

fiddle

 

opening lines of the Peretz Shule Hymn: zol vaksn un blien, di shule unzer shul (may our school blossom and grow)

 

 

drama/comedy masks

 

 

 


left page:
yidishkayt (Jewishness)
I. L. Peretz, one of the three fathers of Yiddish literature, and the Peretz Centre's namesake

right page:
lerer (teacher)
geshikhte (history)
lektsie (lesson)

6' x 18.25'

 

The third panel depicts some of the rich cultural roots of the Jewish people: music, literature, theatre, and the quest for knowledge.

 

 

Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture

6184 Ash Street
Vancouver BC V5Z 3G9
tel 604-325-1812
fax 604-325-2470
info@peretz-centre.org