An art piece honoring the victims of the Oct. 7 terror attacks has found a permanent location at the Mitzvah Garden KC.
The artwork is composed of nearly 1,200 stones symbolizing the loss of each terror victim. Each stone was hand-painted with the name of a victim. Dozens of staff from organizations located at the Jewish Community Campus and Jewish students at HBHA and the University of Kansas helped paint the hundreds of memorial stones.
The artwork was originally on display in the lobby of the Jewish Community Campus. Its meaningfulness resulted in it being on display for a month — longer than the originally intended seven-day display period. Community Shalicha Mika Kislanski was one of the driving forces behind the artwork’s creation.
Mitzvah Garden KC (12320 Nall Ave., Overland Park, KS 66209) will now display the stones outdoors. The stones have been coated with a protective seal to preserve the paint, and volunteers helped reassemble the piece.
