The Burning Bush
In Memory of Norman Weiser

Installed in September 2006

This "Burning Bush" is a sculpture in Memory of Norm Weiser, one of our founding members. It was designed by Julie Staller-Pentelnik and sculpted by David Klass.

Donations to the Norm Weiser Memorial Fund are still being accepted to help defray the cost of lighting. You can send any donations to Bernice at the synagogue office.

The first one: Ron Richards with our boulder. Ron and Sandy Richards and Julie Pentelnik went on a search for the "perfect boulder" for the sculpture. This one weighs about 2,000 pounds. The colors were perfect and it was delivered a while ago.

The second picture: The sculptor, David Klass, is the same artist who created our beautiful Ark Doors, years ago. As he worked on this new piece, he sent photos. This is one of the earlier stage photos he sent:
Third photo: The "Burning Bush" was delivered in a LARGE crate on July 10th, which as it turned out, was Norm Weiser's Birthday.
Fourth picture: The sculpture has been "uncrated" and is ready to be mounted into the bounder.
Fifth picture and sixth picture: These two pictures show part of the process of putting it into the boulder. The Stonecraft company sent out two very helpful workers who were careful, interested and respectful of what they were doing.
The last three pictures are of the finished sculpture in place. The view from the synagogue entrance toward the street is considered the front. This is because of the Hebrew letter shin, which makes up the flames in the Burning Bush. The shin is most clearly visible from this angle, however, as you walk around the sulpture, you can see the Shin/flames from all directions.

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