indexSeparator = ' / '; // Add one line per photo, using // addPhoto ('filename', 'caption', 'index text'); // The third parameter is optional and will default to the number // of the photo if not provided. // Photo size 596 pixels high //addPhoto('OUTSIDE_VIEW_NSJC_SUKKAH.JPG','Title: Name','Artist: Name','Year: Name','Intro',"Introduction"); addPhoto('P1and2web.JPG','Title: Ki Mitzion, Taystey Torah','Artists: Alban and Simon','Year: circa 1983','These two frames are unique and unusual for this sukkah. They were done in plaster and then painted over in dark brown to look like wood. The first panel holds the last two words of the Hebrew quotation, "Taytsay Torah" and the second panel has the beginning of the same Hebrew quote "Ki Mitzion". The design was most probably based upon traditional Jewish ark designs, especially from Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. These panels were amongst those most in need of restoration. Fortunately they were fixed by the artist Mary Pirraglia and her committee(EH)

Translations: Panel 1: "Shall go forth Torah" Panel 2: "For from Zion"',"Ki Mitzion, Taystey Torah"); addPhoto('P5web.jpg','Title: Abraham and Isaac','Artist: Unknown','Year: Unknown','Abraham is carrying Isaac down from Mount Moriah, Genesis 22, 2-13. Abraham has almost sacrificed Isaac but has used a ram instead. (E.H.) Any more information on this picture would be appreciated. (E.H.)',"Abraham and Isaac"); addPhoto('P8Web.JPG','Title: Operation Moses','Contributing Artists: Bat Mitzvah Class of 1986 (or 1988?) Beverly Kaspar, Karen Schultz, and Linda Rosethal','Year: 1986 or 1988','Source: Original art. Based on the historic event of the secret rescue, (dubbed Operation Moses) by the Israeli government of Ethiopian Jews, which took place from November 19, 1984 through January 5, 1985.

English Text: OPERATION MOSES, rescue of the Ethiopian Jews, 1984-1985

Special Features: Operation Moses lettering at the top is in white as is the airplane flying over the scene. Near the top of the scene is a picture of Jerusalem, below that the Western Wall Plaza, below that the airplane flying over a blue body of water, and below that the hills and huts of the Jews in Ethiopia. There are two figures to the right of the huts, presumably Ethiopian priests in their white garments. The brilliant colors used in the depiction of Jerusalem stand in stark contrast to the sandy beige color of the Kotel’s plaza and the same-colored sands of Ethiopia.

Text by Elaine Hoffman',"Operation Moses"); addPhoto('P21-22web.JPG','Title: Noah’s Ark','Artist: Jonathan & Aaron Shapiro','Year: 1986','Hebrew Quotation: Et kashti natati b’anan

English Translation: I have set My bow in the cloud.

Special Features: In this delightful two panel picture note how the animals in the ark, floating on the water, are often depicted in pairs (cows, elephants, giraffes) as in the biblical story. The dove flying over the water is carrying an olive leaf in its mouth. Also of interest is the vine pattern (green leaves on brown stem) that surround both sides and the top of the picture.',"Noah’s Ark"); addPhoto('P26-27web.JPG','Title: If I forget Thee O Jerusalem','Artist: H(elen) Simon','Year: 1984 (?)','Source: Psalm 137: 5-7

English Translation: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem

Special Features: 2 panels. The bottom third of the painted areas on the bottom parts of the pictures, has a border of fruits including an etrog, pomegranate, grapes, vines, and leaves. Beautiful colors are used throughout, soft pinks, yellows, blues and greens.',"If I forget Thee O Jerusalem"); addPhoto('P35Web.JPG','Title: Greek Style Ark Design','Contributing Artists: Jim and Robin Adamski','Year: 1984','Reproduced from a postcard.

Special Features: Predominantly grey and beige colors. The relatively simple design was completed in one day. From top to bottom the symbols shown are an eternal lamp, a representation of the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a Magen David (“Jewish star”) and a seven branched Hannukiah, similar to the one used in the Jewish 1st and 2nd temples.

Text by Elaine Hoffman and Jim Adamski',"Greek Style Ark Design"); addPhoto('P43-47web.JPG','Title: Lulav and Etrog','Contributing Artists: Marcia E. Weiner, Jim and Robin Adamski, Hilary Kramer, Roz Wolmetz and others.','Year: circa 1984','This was one of the original groups of panels done for the NSJC Sukkah around 1984. The words on the panel, are:
     When you have
     gathered in the fields
     of the lands
     you shall keep
     the feast of the Lord " (Leviticus 25:39
The inspiration for this panel and the entire Sukkah was the Deller Sukkah in Fischach, Southern Bavaria, done around 1823 and now housed in the Israel Museum. Of particular note is that the panels are only painted 2/3 of the way down, to create the impression, while seated in the Sukkah, that one is looking out of a window. Notice also the clouds across the top and the repeating pattern formed by the lulavs and etrogs if viewed sideways. (text by Elaine Hoffman)',"Lulav and Etrog"); addPhoto('PGweb.JPG','Title: 10 Commandments','Artist: Jim Adamski','Year: 2000','This representation of a work by Gerda Kominik entitled "Moses Receiving the Ten Commandments" was taken from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism`s Calendar (2000-2001). Notice the warm reds and yellows. The text on the Ten Commandments is a copy of the Ten Commandments in tablet form.

Right side: anochi
              lo yihyeh
              lo tisa
              zachor et
              kabed et
Left side: lo tirtzach
              lo tin’af
              lo tignov
              lo ta’aneh
              lo tae-mod

(Elaine Hoffman)',"10 Commandments"); addPhoto('Piweb.jpg','Title: Parting at the Sea','Artist: Jim Adamski','Year: 1998','Reproduction of Michele Goren`s painting "Parting at the Sea", taken from the USCJ calendar, 1998-1999 and painted 1997.

The text, in Hebrew, is from Exodus 14:16.
The Hebrew transliteration is "V’attah harem et mattecha untay et ya’decha al hayam uvka’ayhu vayyavo’u rinah Yisroel btoch hayam bayabashah".
The translation reads "and lift thou up thys road and stretch out thys hand over the sea; and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground"(E.H.)',"Parting of the Sea"); addPhoto('PLweb.jpg','Title: A New Beginning','Artist: Aliza Greenberg','Year: 1992-1993','Notice that the girl is wearing a kippah and holding a Torah, very much as intended by the artist. Also take note of the vivid pink background and warm blue and red colors. There are floral motifs on the top and bottom, a common theme on many panels. (E.H.)',"A New Beginning"); addPhoto('PPweb.jpg','Title: Moses in the Bulrushes','Artist: Jim Adamski','Year: 1992','Source: Exodus 2:5

Hebrew to English Transliteration:

Vatered bat-par’o lirchotz al-hay’or v’na’arotehah holchot al-hay’or v’na’arotehah holchot al yad hay’or vatayre et hatevah b’toch hasuf vatishlach et amatah vattikkacha_ha

English Translation:

“And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the riverside; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it”

Special Features: grey coloring throughout(E.H.)',"Phaaroh's Daughter at the Nile River"); //Origional list as published 2007 //addPhoto('Birds_Art_Bnai_BrakDVC00014.JPG','Title: Mizrach, Greek Style Ark, and Bnai Brak','Artist: Name',' (E.H.)',"Mizrach, Greek Style Ark, and Bnai Brak"); //--addPhoto('CHAGALL_REPRODUCTION.jpg','Title: Name','Artist: Name',' (E.H.)',"Chagall Reproduction"); //addPhoto('Dancing_Torah_Man_Siddur_Slavery_Freedom.jPG','Title: Dancing','Artist:',' (E.H.)',"Dancing"); //addPhoto('A_New_Beginning.jpg','Title: Name','Artist: Name',' (E.H.)',"A New Beginning");