Jumpin' for Joy with Jeanette...

Jeanette Kuvin Oren is known internationally for her elegant commissioned Judaica. She specializes in hand-dyed silks, cottons, and synthetic fabrics that combine her artistry in quilting and embellishment with Judaica rich in meaning and interest. Jeanette designs mosaics, donor walls, and stained glass, collaborating with expert artisans to create unique and beautiful installations.

Jeanette has worked for twenty-one years with individuals, families, synagogue committees, and professionals to create precious and lasting ritual items and commemorative Judaica.


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Too pretty to eat

Melanie Grishman is a fiber artist who uses quilting and traditional fiber techniques to express her Judaic heritage. You can find more of her work here.

Yummmy Challah

Barbara Cohen is a fiber and quilt artist whose work appears on the cover of the book The Mitzvah of Healing.
Barbara's challah covers are fluid and full of color. While a few weeks ago I posted shabbat tablecloths, I prefer a beautiful challah cover to be the centerpiece of my table. I think if it was one of Barbara's you all would too!



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How to wear your tallit

Putting on a tallit is a religious act, one worthy of special ritual and blessings.
*Pick up the tallit and hold it with both hands, one hand at each end of the atarah or ``collar,'' the part of the tallit with the Hebrew words. Spread out the tallit. The Hebrew words should be facing you and be right-side up. At this point, some choose to kiss each end of the atarah. Some talitot have only a decoration and no Hebrew words on the collar.
The Hebrew words on the tallit are the traditional blessing for putting on a tallit.

*Say the blessing.
*Put the tallit over your shoulders, in the fashion one would put on a cape. Make sure the atarah is where a collar should be --- around your neck. The Hebrew words on the atarah should be on the outside.

Now that you know how to don a tallit, don't you want to wear a beautiful one the next time you go to Shabbat services? Look no further than Pomegranate Judaica, the site of Anita Rabinoff-Goldman an artist who works in fabric rather than paint. Anita's work is strong on color and design and one can see that she is inspired by natural and floral themes. Here we see lilies, pomegranates, biblical flowers and birds of paradise... Truly paradise!