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Chagall Windows - Hadassah Ein Karem

Chagall Windows - Hadassah Ein Karem

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Besides being one of Jerusalem’s top medical care centers, the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem also houses a brilliant piece of Jewish art in the Chagall Windows that adorn the campus synagogue. The twelve magnificent stained glass windows, which describe the 12 tribes of Israel, reflect deeply the artist’s love of humanity and the Jewish people.

Chagall drew most of his inspiration from the Bible, especially the blessing of Jacob to his sons, and Moses’ blessings to the tribes of Israel. Every brilliantly painted window contains a quotation and themes from one of the blessing as well as a single dominant color. The windows took two years to complete, and were dedicated in February 1962 in honor of Hadassah Women's Organization’s 50th birthday. It was the artist who best summed up the monumental nature of his undertaking: “All the time I was working, I felt my mother and father looking over my shoulder; and behind them were Jews, millions of other vanished Jews – of yesterday and a thousand years ago.”

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4.5
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  • Francis Malinosky-Rummell
    Francis Malinosky-Rummell
    June 29, 2022

    While you are seeing these wonderful windows you also get to learn about the truly remarkable woman-run organization that supports this hospital and its sister hospital on the other side of town. It is really worth the ef...

  • Streaming Service
    Streaming Service
    April 27, 2023

    It's a beautiful place, this synagogue with these beautiful windows of Chagall 🌹 If you like art and the story of the Israelites, you will love to visit this place. When you come to Hadassah Hospital, go to the recepti...

  • Debra Wasserman
    Debra Wasserman
    January 2, 2022

    As of today, 2 January 2022, the Chagall Windows are closed for COVID. We took a long bus ride up to Hadassah Hospital only to find the synagogue closed. They said they didn’t know when they would be able to open again....

  • Alec Davis
    Alec Davis
    July 5, 2022

    Stunningly beautiful stained glass windows by artist Marc Chagall located at the Hadassa Hospital in Jerusalem. The 12 windows depict the 12 Tribes of Israel.

  • Dovid Lonn
    Dovid Lonn
    May 9, 2023

    Beautiful. They have a tour also if you want

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