News and Updates

Mural Project Receives Preservation Award

On February 17, 2016, the Lost Shul Mural Project was honored with Preservation Burlington Institutional Award from local preservation advocacy organization Preservation Burlington. Preservation Burlington board member Daniel Goltzman made remarks at the presentation. Former...

07 Mar 2016

Samuel Gruber

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Our Lions’ Lineage I: In the Bible & Ancient Jewish Art

Right up front and center in our mural are two rampant lions supporting the Tablets of the Law. When the mural was painted in 1910 every Jew knew this symbolism. Though lions appear in the art and heraldry of many cultures, in Judaism they are central and count among the most...

26 Feb 2016

Samuel Gruber

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Watch 5 Years of Mural Preservation Work in 14 Minutes

Watch this video to see a top speed review of five years of work on the mural – from the first opening of the wall in 2010 to check the mural’s condition to the final hoisting of the mural into position at it’s new home at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue after the move in...

12 Feb 2016

Samuel Gruber

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Preservation Award to Lost Shul Mural Project

The Burlington Lost Shul Mural Project and Ohavi Zedek Synagogue have been recognized by Preservation Burlington with its 2015 Preservation award for Institutional Property “in recognition of the extensive and painstaking work your synagogue and community has taken the time,...

08 Feb 2016

Samuel Gruber

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Who Were the First Jewish Settlers in Vermont?

As we begin 2016, it’s clear that Sen. Bernie Sanders has surpassed Ben or Jerry as the most famous Jewish Vermonter – whatever his level of community affiliation and religious observance. But Sen. Sanders is a relative newcomer, having arrived in the state in the...

24 Jan 2016

Samuel Gruber

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Video and Texts of Unveiling Remarks

If you were not able to attend the mural unveiling event in August, or if you would like to be reminded what our esteemed speakers had to say, their remarks have been posted as videos and/or transcripts. Special thanks to the donors who attended and to Gov. Kunin, Sen. Leahy, and...

15 Jan 2016

Samuel Gruber

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Mural Conservators to Present Their Work at International Conservation Conference

In May 2015 project conservators Richard Kerschner and Constance Silver will take the story of the mural restoration north to Montreal where they will present “The Rescue and Conservation of the Lost Shul Mural at the Joint Annual Meeting and Conference of the American...

08 Jan 2016

Samuel Gruber

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New Testing Complete for Final Cleaning & Restoration

Photographs by Richard Kerschner In December, just as Hanukkah was ending, so too did the autumn period of preparing the mural for the final phase of cleaning and restoration, and the intensive testing needed to plan and budget that process. Beginning after Sukkot, painting...

04 Jan 2016

Tari Santor

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News Coverage of the Mural Move

Couldn’t be there for the big move day? Catch up on events through the links below! Burlington Free Press ‘Lost’ Jewish Mural Finds New Home WPTZ Burlington Channel 5 “Just Heavenly:” Jewish Mural Moved to New Home WPTZ Burlington Channel 5 The Lost...

08 May 2015

Peter Pelaia

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