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mezuzah

Stanford University (Photo/File)
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Mezuzah ripped from Stanford residence on Rosh Hashanah, prompting hate crime inquiry

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

A mezuzah was “torn off” a doorway at a graduate student residence at Stanford, the university announced on Sept. 27. The antisemitic incident occurred while the Jewish students who lived […]

Congregation Beth Sholom's distinctive building is reflected in the centennial mezuzah designed by Aimee Golant.
Posted inCulture

L’dor va-doorpost: Artist Aimee Golant honors Beth Sholom with centennial mezuzahs

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
UC Hastings Jewish faculty and students commissioned San Francisco artist Abrasha to make a mezuzah for the second family. 
Posted inArt

UC Hastings to Kamala Harris: Where’s the mezuzah we sent you? 

by John Ferrannini December 15, 2021April 9, 2022
A mezuzah from The Magnes at UC Berkeley designed by a German-Israeli-American sculptor named Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert will soon be installed at the vice presidential residence in Washington. (Photo/UC Berkeley-Neil Freese)
Posted inNews

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff to use mezuzah from UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection at VP’s residence

by Will Kane November 19, 2021November 23, 2021
“Noah’s Ark on the Mount Ararat” by Simone de Myle, 1570
Posted inTorah

The Mona Lisa of the threshold

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 23, 2020October 22, 2020
State Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inCalifornia

California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on their offices to celebrate ‘mezuzah bill’

by JTA and Sam Sokol August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
SB 652, known as the “mezuzah bill,” would bar California landlords and condo associations from prohibiting “the display of religious items,” such as mezuzahs, of a certain size on doors and doorframes. (Photo/Wikimedia-00dahc)
Posted inBay Area

‘Inscribe them on your doorposts’: California lawmakers pass ‘mezuzah bill’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 10, 2019August 13, 2019

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