CJH Blended Windows at MishkanOr

	BLENDED WINDOWS
The sanctuary of Congregation Mishkan Or preserves memories of a blended congregation

Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple and The Temple - Tifereth Israel, Cleveland's oldest Reform congregations, united on July 1, 2024 to form Congregation Mishkan Or. Fairmount Temple moved out of its beautiful home of more than 60 years on Fairmount Boulevard into the splendid and newer Tifereth Israel (now Mishkan Or) building at 26000 Shaker Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio.

Early in 2025 some windows of the Mishkan Or sanctuary, which had been all clear glass, were enhanced by panels of colored glass affixed to their outside. The more colorful windows were a welcoming gesture, a way to show congregants with long and cherished memories of the sanctuary at Fairmount Temple that this is now your sacred space too.

Below: the enhanced sanctuary windows on the
northern wall of the Mishkan Or sanctuary
(Image from video on Mishkan Or website)

Below: The colorful panes of glass on its eastern, southern and northern walls were a distinctive feature of the Fairmount Temple sanctuary. On a simple white background, they glistened like jewels. During a morning or early evening service, and notably on the High Holy Days, as the the earth turned their changing light and color made this space more beautiful and a place for thoughtful prayer.
(Photo 2015 by Samuel D Gruber on his synagogue website.)