Last month, I had the opportunity to work with seventh graders at Solomon Schechter School of Westchester. Students used the Torah portions for their b'nai mitzvah as inspiration for their art. The piece on the left below was inspired…
The director of an overnight camp in the Midwest was being honored for her thirteen years of service at the camp. As a special gift, they asked me to create a silk tallit that depicted elements of the camp which…
A couple months ago, I received an email from a woman asking about a custom tallit for her daughter. Her daughter loves the Northern Lights and wanted a tallit for her upcoming Bat Mitzvah inspired by the Aurora Borealis. She…
It seems to be the season of the blue and gold tallitot. I was commissioned to make four tallitot in the last couple months and all are blue and/or gold! Two of them were some of the most simple I've…
Back in March, I received a message from friend and former colleague Beth Kalisch who is a rabbi near Philadelphia. Her shul, Beth David Reform Congregation, was in need of a new chuppah for upcoming weddings, including her own this…
In June 2012, friends got married beneath a beautiful chuppah they created themselves. In March 2013, they asked me to turn it into a wall hanging for their home and made the mistake of telling me there was no rush.…
Last Wednesday and today, I continued working with the students in Kol Ami's Early Childhood Program helping them to create challah covers to take home for Shabbat. It was fun to watch the progression as I moved from working with…
I had a wonderful time today working with three of the three-year-old classes at Congregation Kol Ami's Early Childhood Program. Each student made a challah cover using their favorite colors. After talking a little bit about Shabbat as a group,…
It has been a bit of a challenge to work around our daughter's schedule, but thanks to some assistance from my parents, the chuppah is coming along. Before our little one's arrival, I had cut out most of the herbs…
If you follow my blog, you might be wondering what has happened with the chuppah in the last 4 weeks. I did make good progress on the piece in the week following my last post but then our daughter arrived…