Sharing the Light: What a Mezuzah Can Hold, Before and After October 7 For twenty-five years, I’ve made things meant to be touched. A mezuzah isn’t meant to sit behind glass — it’s meant to be brushed with fingertips on the way in and out of a home, hundreds of times a year, until the gesture becomes as automatic as…
I am thrilled to share a special project recently completed for Congregation B’nai Israel in Rockville, MD, in honor of their 100th Anniversary. To celebrate this centennial milestone, the congregation commissioned a custom mezuzah to be presented as a gift to donors of a certain level. Working closely with committee members Gail and Randi, we developed a design that features…
Naming G-d in The World to Come By: Aimee Golant Casella Author’s Note: One way I survive difficult times is to use my imagination to postulate the world I want to live in. This piece is a personal reflection on how we might begin to prepare our hearts and minds for The World to Come—an era of peace, unity, and…