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Illustrative. A mezuzah. (Zeevveez/Flickr)
December 26, 2025, 12:04 pm
Mezuzahs stolen from Toronto apartment building for second time in weeks
One of the 3 mezuzahs belonged to Holocaust survivor; incident comes after 20 mezuzahs were stolen in same area earlier this month
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) presents US President Donald Trump with a mezuzah case in the shape of a B-2 bomber in the White House on July 7, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
July 9, 2025, 11:53 pm
Netanyahu gifts Trump mezuzah case in shape of B-2 bomber
Israeli artist Yaron Bob, who forges artwork out of shrapnel, says he was responsible for creating unique gift
By ToI Staff
Screen capture of video showing a man using a knife to prise loose a mezuzah from a Jewish home in London, May 19, 2025. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 22, 2025, 2:26 pm
London police hunt man who hacked mezuzahs off Jewish homes
Force working to identify suspect caught on CCTV footage approaching home in Golders Green and prying religious item from doorpost; community security says several houses targeted
By Stuart Winer
The mezuzah contains a passage from the Torah commanding Jews to inscribe the words on the doorposts of their homes. (Marta Iwanek/Toronto Star via Getty Images via JTA)
November 4, 2023, 6:29 am
As some US Jews take down mezuzahs due to antisemitism, some non-Jews put them up
‘This is the most beautiful thing anybody has ever said to me,’ California rabbi says of offer by neighbors to affix mezuzahs, calls the one at his home ‘the security system’
By Andrew Lapin
Marja Goldstoff holds the Camozuzah at the entrance to her home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on October 31, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 31, 2023, 3:34 pm
In Europe, soaring antisemitism popularizes a new invention: The camouflaged mezuzah
Disguised to resemble an alarm sensor, Camozuzah is brainchild of Ireland-based Chabad rabbi; it’s increased adoption underlines surge in hostility to Jews amid Israel-Hamas war
By Canaan Lidor
Attendees of a Chabad teen convention in Times Square pose next to the mezuzah affixed to the doorpost of American Eagle Outfitters' flagship store. (Courtesy of Chabad via JTA)
March 5, 2023, 2:34 pm
American Eagle now has a mezuzah at its Times Square flagship
The popular apparel brand’s CEO Jay L. Schottenstein is well-known for his charitable Jewish contributions, including to Chabad, whose teen program engineered the affixing event
By Jacob Henry
A crystal mezuzah designed for French glassmaker Lalique by Israeli-Russian architect Irma Orenstein. (Courtesy: Lalique)
September 10, 2022, 10:48 pm
Glassmaker Lalique opens door to Israeli-designed mezuzahs
Russian-born architect Irma Orenstein creates rounded case for Jewish religious object, inspired by childhood dreams of ‘golden dunes of the land of camels’
By Jessica Steinberg
The 1,500-year-old silver cuff inscribed with the words of the Shema prayer in Greek, forms the center of 'Hear, O Israel: The Magic of the Shema,' a new archaeological exhibit at the Israel Museum that closes April 2022. (Courtesy Elie Posner)
November 12, 2021, 8:48 am
Hear, O Israel: There are magic powers in the Shema
An Israel Museum exhibit takes a deeper look at amulets inscribed with the elemental Jewish prayer
By Jessica Steinberg
A piece of a broken mezuzah hangs on the doorframe of the Yismah Moché Synagogue in Paris, August, 14, 2020. (BNVCA via JTA)
August 19, 2020, 8:59 pm
Paris synagogue neighbor smashes mezuzah ‘to restore religious neutrality’
Yismah Moché Synagogue president files complaint with police over vandalism; separately, graffiti praising Hitler painted on Lyon wall
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man kisses the mezuzah as he exits a synagogue in Jerusalem, August 5 2008. (Olivier Fitoussi /FLASH90)
March 4, 2020, 5:15 pm
Coronavirus takes toll on religious life as rabbis advise against ritual kissing
Chief rabbi urges keeping lips off hands touching mezuzahs; European rabbinical group bans those feeling unwell from synagogue, even to recite the Kaddish prayer for the dead
By Stuart Winer
File: A menorah and flowers are seen outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service on the first night of Hanukkah, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, December 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
September 7, 2019, 5:44 am
Pennsylvania governor to take Tree of Life mezuzah to Holocaust memorials
Tom Wolf to bring the artifact, broken during attack that killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh synagogue, to Auschwitz and Lithuania sites to honor victims of shooting
By Marc Levy
California State Senatpr Ben Allen, chair of the Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Courtesy of the Jewish Caucus via JTA)
August 14, 2019, 10:35 pm
California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs in symbolic move
Action follows recent law barring landlords and homeowners from prohibiting tenants from affixing Jewish symbol to their door frames
By JTA
FILE - Police officers in Trappes, west of Paris, Aug. 23, 2018 (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
April 25, 2019, 7:36 am
Jewish couple robbed and threatened in their Paris-area home
Couple live in crime-stricken suburb of Aubervilliers, but anti-Semitism watchdog says they may have been targeted because of their mezuzah
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative. A mezuzah. (Zeevveez/Flickr)
November 26, 2018, 8:27 pm
British housing company apologizes for threatening to strip tenants’ mezuzahs
Warwick Estates describes as ‘overzealous’ a letter warning Jews they would be billed if they did not remove religious objects from doors
By JTA
Greg Joseph #17 of the Cleveland Browns kicks the game winning field goal in overtime against the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium on October 7, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns won 12 to 9. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
October 10, 2018, 4:39 am
Cleveland Browns kicker gets a mezuzah, makes a game-winning field goal
Rookie Greg Joseph makes the play in just his third game as a pro
By Marcy Oster
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