tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post5101558132955357618..comments2024-03-26T06:12:34.223-04:00Comments on Samuel Gruber's Jewish Art & Monuments: USA: Woonsocket, Rhode Island's Remarkable Tent of Meeting, of Concrete and Colored GlassSamuel Gruberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06669871743659835632noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-70747921327971171142019-03-04T22:39:57.213-05:002019-03-04T22:39:57.213-05:00On a recent trip to France (in part to follow anot...On a recent trip to France (in part to follow another conservation project, the medieval windows of Chartres Cathedral) I saw a glass painter whom I had met there in 1960: Jeanette Weiss Gruber, daughter of a well-known restorer and designer, J.-J. Gruber.I was delighted to be able to show her some pics of Avigdor Arika's Woonsocket windows on my i-phone. And it turns out that he had a Madeline Vivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889773150426094738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-44856994393768671472019-03-04T22:30:13.371-05:002019-03-04T22:30:13.371-05:00On a recent working trip to France (in part to fol...On a recent working trip to France (in part to follow work on another conservation project, the medieval windows of Chartres Cathedral), I saw a glass painter whose father J.-J. Gruber I had known in 1960, and whom I met about then: Jeanette Weiss Gruber. She has became a major stained glass designer in her own right, apparently competing with her father much to his displeasure. I was thrilled toMadeline Vivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889773150426094738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-59328644628771704102018-08-07T16:15:16.529-04:002018-08-07T16:15:16.529-04:00As the daughter of the architect, Samuel Glaser, I...As the daughter of the architect, Samuel Glaser, I am delighted and impressed with the outstanding and perceptive discussion by Prof. Samuel Gruber about B'nai Israel, the most cherished commission my father received throughout his professional career. Because of the enormous trust given to him by the Jewish community of Woonsocket, the Board of Directors of the Congregation, and by Athur Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13637483390091700688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421818490403886250.post-68732780588887440082018-06-27T23:36:47.153-04:002018-06-27T23:36:47.153-04:00Good to see Sam responding so positively to B'...Good to see Sam responding so positively to B'Nai Israel Woonsocket which he recently got to see for the first time. He really captures the integrated aspects of the design as a collaboration between artists in different media, and its deeper spiritual meanings. Those of us who began six months ago the lonely struggle to save it from demolition, or even being dismantled for the sale room, andMadeline Vivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889773150426094738noreply@blogger.com