Yesterday was Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today marks my grandmother’s 15th yahrzeit. (The anniversary of her death.) I’m sharing a piece written by my cousin, Adi Gozdzinski. It tells the story of my great-aunt and her family, along with my maternal grandparents’ experiences during the Holocaust and the lives they built afterward. I’ve made a few edits to highlight my…
In the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre—a day when the chilling call to ‘Globalize Intifada’ was tragically realized—there was no room for joy. We were burdened by a profound sense of heaviness and sickness. But amidst the sorrow, we conceived a plan: to create a magnificent menorah, a light to summon Jewish joy and pride back into a world…
Today is the one month anniversary (Shloshim) of the horrific attack by Hamas in Israel on the– supposedly– joyous Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. The atrocities in the land that are being committed daily are nothing less than unbearable. In these terrible times, I do have something kind to share. Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem that integrates Arab…
In collaboration with The Brandeis School of San Francisco and Mazon – A Jewish Response to Hunger, I am participating in this year’s Annual Honey Sale for Rosh Hashanah– online! Join us in this wonderful tradition: buy your honey and Judaica for the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and benefit a worthy cause. Use code mazon2023 at checkout on aimeegolant.com –…
Dear Friends, Just to let you know, there’s a new FREE Jewish Calendar with the Barbed Wire Mezuzah I created featured inside. The calendar has mezuzot on just about every page. What an honor to have my work included! To request your free copy, click here. The Barbed Wire Mezuzah was among the first mezuzot I ever created. In…
Join us either in-person or online for my presentation of Spiritual Preparation for the High Holy Days at Unity Spiritual Center SF: Sunday, 9/25/22 – 11 am 2690 Ocean at 19th Ave San Francisco, CA 94132 Livestream: https://tinyurl.com/tinyurl-com-USCSF Passcode: 941321 Yesterday was a exciting day– in which we affixed the new Unity sign at the Unity Spiritual Center of San…
BRINGING ROSH HASHANAH TO THE UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS Over the past ten years or so, I have been working in partnership with the Unity Spiritual Center San Francisco to bring Jewish teachings, creative art and Judaica into their space. Every few years I have been invited to speak about such topics as: the mezuzah, my art…
It’s not everyday that I get a call from a world-renowned retailer like Sotheby’s. So when they called to see if I would like to participate in their Modern Menorahs: A Celebration of Lights show, I was honored. The works will be available online for a limited time. Thank you Sotheby’s for including my work!
Since the beginning of my life– long before I turned to metal art for expression, I knew that we were lucky to be alive. And, I felt tasked with carrying on Jewish traditions in the face of anti-semitism. Growing up Jewish in Los Angeles, every year at our annual Passover seder, our Holocaust Surviving grandmother and grandfather would raise a…
The upcoming holiday of Tu B’Shevat celebrates the end of winter, the coming of spring and most importantly, it celebrates trees. It is customary to plant trees and eat food which comes from trees during this holiday. The ‘Tree of Life’ is a metaphor often used in Judaism to describe our most sacred book– the Torah. The tree is used…
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Now that the election is over, and I can breathe, it’s time to think about the upcoming holiday season of giving. Every year I attend different shows and usually host an open studio at my place. Of course, as with all things in 2020, this year is different. Just because it is different, doesn’t mean it’s all bad. Instead of…