Jewish Artist Gerry Judah and the St Paul’s Crucifix

JEWISH CHRONICLE
By Charlotte Oliver

Cross references: the two new, white cruciform sculptures (Photo: David Barbour)

UNITED KINGDOM--- It is not every day that a Jewish artist is given free rein to make his mark on the walls of St Paul’s Cathedral. But then, Gerry Judah is not one to follow convention — as can be seen by the six-metre-high cruciform sculptures he has constructed, now hanging either side of the famous church’s Nave Pier walls. The sculptor — who was born into a Sephardi community in Calcutta, India and came to the UK with his family at the age of 10 — was approached by St Paul’s officials last year with the unique opportunity to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of the First World War. [link]

Gerry Judah (Photo: Raphael Judah)