Mitzvah Dancers, (sculpture).

Mitzvah Dancers, (sculpture).

Hebald, Milton, 1917-2015, sculptor.

Mitzvah Dancers, (sculpture).

1969. Relocated 1980, 1983.

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Sculpture: bronze, painted; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 66 x 56 x 40 in.; Base: approx. 20 in. x W. 42 in. x Diam. 42 in.

Hebald 1969/For Norm + Diane Bernstein signed

Five barefoot figures dance in a circle with arms entwined. The group consists of a man, a woman, two female children, and a male child. The woman has long hair and an upswept, knee-length dress. The sculpture is atop a circular base that is encircled by bushes.

Ceremony -- Religion

Ethnic -- Hebrew

Homage -- Bernstein, Norm

Homage -- Bernstein, Diane

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Rockville

Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 1625 Montrose Road, Rockville, Maryland

For Norm and Diane Bernstein. Sculpture was commissioned for the opening of the J.C.C. Located at the Atrium 1969-1980 and moved to lobby outside Atrium 1980-1983. Put at the J.C.C. in 1983.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.

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