Torah Design Competition Winners Exhibited at Spertus Museum.(Brief Article)

CHICAGO--Furthering the world's largest, ongoing quest for the creation of contemporary Jewish ceremonial objects, the Spertus Museum here recently chose an Italian Barouqe-inspired Torah mantle created by Temma Gentles and Dorothy Ross, both of Toronto, as the winning entry in the Philip & Sylvia Spertus Judaica Prize Competition. A juried, biennial competition, the Spertus Judaica Prize grants an award of $10,000 to the first prize winner.

The winners and runners-up will be featured in the related exhibition, "Judging the Book By Its Cover: Torah Coverings from the Philip & Sylvia Spertus Judaica Prize Competition," at the museum.

The Torah covering or mantle, the object featured in this year's competition, is used to protect, beautify, and focus attention on the Torah, the centerpiece of the Jewish religion. Comprised of The …