The Six-Foot Bronze Mourner: A Symbol of Jewish New York's Sweat-Stained History

Meet the Garment Worker, a hulking six-foot bronze statue. As towering as some New York City towers, or so it feels in this city. Reclaimed marble, a salute to life in Jewish New York. Sculpted by Judith Weller, an Israeli since 1957, forged in 1984, fashioned in the very factories where she – and maybe they – were born. This display, presented by the National Sculpture Society that same year, pays homage to the Jewish garment workers of 20th-century New York. The Garment Worker stands here, embodying their struggle, tears, and tenacity.

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