The trees represent the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden. The traditional Jewish prayer, Mi Shebeirakh , a petition to our Highest Power to heal the sick, is appliqued into the branches. Miriam and all the women dancing at the Red Sea is one of our most powerful female images in the Hebrew Bible. With this quilt, the image became a wonderful metaphor for the conference and its goals. Seen in its entirety, the quilt is a visual image of the three rivers flowing through Pittsburgh.
Triangles are a variation of the traditional log cabin pattern.
Names of donors are embroidered in the borders. The panels hang throughout the building, leading the viewer from the client service area to the board conference room.