The Jerusalem Post Blogs

What will happen to Second Gentlemen's house mezuzahs after election change?

Doug Emhoff installed mezuzahs at the Vice President’s Residence. What happens to them when he moves out, or up? Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz as her running mate this week answered one big ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

There are now Christian mezuzahs

(JTA) — It’s affixed upon the doorpost. It’s wooden, thin and rectangular, but with rounded corners. It’s meant to fulfill a biblical commandment. And it bears a verse from the Gospel of John about ...
The Forward

Sitcom star encourages non-Jews like her to hang mezuzahs on their homes

Actress Patricia Heaton is encouraging non-Jews to hang a mezuzah on the front doors of their homes. The Catholic sitcom star — most famous for her roles on The Middle and Everybody Loves Raymond in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Doug Emhoff installed mezuzahs at the Vice President’s Residence. What happens to them when he moves out, or up?

Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz as her running mate this week answered one big question about her presidential campaign. But it raises another: What to do with the mezuzah that went up at her ...
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Why are Christian influencers promoting Jesus mezuzahs?

Separate the signal from the noise about antisemitism and understand current debates over Jewish safety. Sign up for the Antisemitism Decoded newsletter today. There’s a new TikTok trend for Christian ...
The Harvard Crimson

HBS Faculty Add Mezuzahs to Office Doors in Support of Jewish College Freshman

More than a dozen Jewish Harvard Business School faculty added mezuzahs provided by Harvard Hillel to their office doorposts in support of Sarah F. Silverman ’28, a Jewish freshman at the College ...
Sun Sentinel

Actress encouraging non-Jews to hang mezuzahs draws mixed reaction

(JNS) Patricia Heaton, a non-Jewish actress perhaps best known for her role in “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has emerged as a prominent pro-Israel voice since the Hamas terrorists attacks on Oct. 7. But ...
The Forward

Israeli chief rabbi: Stop kissing mezuzahs to lower coronavirus risk

(JTA) — Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi asked Jews to stop kissing mezuzahs because of the coronoavirus, while a major European rabbinical group published its own directives to contain the spread of ...
The Times of Israel

After Hurricane Harvey, woman distributes mezuzahs to make rebuilt houses homes

JTA — As Hurricane Harvey swept over Houston, Chava Gal-Or counted herself lucky. The water rose up to her door and a little bit seeped in, but her home did not flood. However, many in the Reform ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report – Mezuzahs stolen in Toronto

In a shocking act of antisemitic vandalism, multiple mezuzahs were torn down from the doorways of Jewish residents of a Toronto retirement home. The latest Global Antisemitism Report highlights 125 ...
The Times of Israel

Mezuzahs stolen from Toronto apartment building for second time in weeks

The Toronto Police Service is investigating a suspected hate crime after mezuzahs were removed from the doors of apartments in North York on Thursday, The Canadian Jewish News reported. A mezuzah is a ...