Kampf, Avram, "Contemporary Synagogue Art: Developments in the United States, 1945-1965," New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1966, pg. 102-103.
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Kampf, Avram, "Contemporary Synagogue Art: Developments in the United States, 1945-1965," New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1966, pg. 102.
(Written in Hebrew, at the top of the sculpture:) Kodosh
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Summary:
A relief attached to a curved exterior wall of a synagogue. The highly stylized relief depicts three bearded rabbis in a militant pose representing Truth, Justice, and Peace. The figure on the right, representing Justice, holds balance scales as if it were the shaft of a sword.
