In 2007, the Young Israel of Hillcrest (Queens, NY) completed the renovation of its main sanctuary culminating in a monumental series of nineteen carved, frosted, and stained-glass windows designed by artist Shoshana Golin. Trained at the NY Academy of Art, Golin’s designs respond to the unique character of Hillcrest’s community.

This book tells how the task of designing the windows fell to Golin, how she experimented with design motifs, and how those ideas were realized in collaboration with the glass artist John Nutter.
Splendidly illustrated with full, detail and process photos by Alyssa M. Roth and Danny Bauer, among others, these images explore the use of both traditional stained glass and modern carved glass techniques to convey the aesthetic aims of the windows in their dynamism and meaning.