New York architect Allan Wexler built his “Gardening Sukkah” to celebrate the Jewish harvest festival, with agricultural and culinary tools inside.
Allan Wexler
New York artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Rutgers University professor Steven Handel made a “Scent Garden” to link science and nature to the Havdallah ritual of sniffing a spice box.
Israeli artists Dov Ganchrow and Zivia designed this ceramic vessel for ritual hand washing.
In “Mouth to Mouth,” artists Johanna Bresnick and Michael Cloud put excerpts from the Bible into gel capsules.
Israeli artist Bruria Avidan crafted a Kiddush cup for Jewish wedding ceremonies to symbolize two beings coming together to form a whole.

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Stacey Palevsky is a former J. staff writer.