Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of mezuzahs, small narrow cases containing a parchment (called a klaf) inscribed with the Shema prayer. The case is traditionally attached to the doorpost of a Jewish house.
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Fast Forward Sitcom star encourages non-Jews like her to hang mezuzahs on their homes
In effort to show solidarity with Jewish community, some see campaign as cultural appropriation
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Politics A mezuzah in a Harris-Emhoff White House? It might not be the first.
Doug Emhoff said he'd put a mezuzah in the White House. Whether Jewish law requires him to is a matter of dispute.
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Culture How designer mezuzah covers and Torah pointers are putting the ‘Jew’ into ‘Jumanji’
For Lisa Van Allsburg and her husband Chris, Judaica is a family affair
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Fast Forward In the wake of an antisemitism lawsuit, Barnard bans messaging on dorm doors
The college, which has been rocked by protests over the Israel-Hamas war, told students it’s trying make the campus feel more welcoming
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Fast Forward Some Jews are taking down their mezuzahs due to antisemitism. Some non-Jews are putting them up.
"To me it felt like the precursor to ‘We’ll hide you when you’re in our attic,'" one Los Angeles Jew said about his neighbors' offer to mount their own mezuzahs
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Film & TV You can own Larry David’s mezuzah — and all the questions that come with it
An eBay listing claims to be the ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb’ creator’s Judaica
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Culture My mezuzah, my religion, myself
It took me years to put a mezuzah on my doorpost. Now, I can't imagine living without one
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Fast Forward Harris and Emhoff place mezuzah on doorpost of vice president’s residence
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff, who is Jewish, recently affixed a mezuzah to the doorpost of the vice president’s residence and have chosen another for the residence’s interior. A mezuzah, a tiny scroll with auspicious biblical verses ensconced in a decorative case, in Judaism marks the home as a sacred space….
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