About the brand

Via Maris

Via Maris makes Bauhaus-inspired Judaica in New York, from Trace menorahs to Shelter mezuzahs with scrolls written by female Israeli scribes.

Based: New York City
Craft: Modernist Judaica design

Via Maris is modernist Judaica founded by Dana Hollar Schwartz with designer Jamie Wolfond. The New York brand started from a simple observation: it was nearly impossible to find Jewish objects designed in the Modernist tradition.

The name means "way of the sea," after an ancient trade route. The look applies Bauhaus principles to ritual objects, with clean forms and quiet color names like Cloud, Clay, Sand and Midnight. The range covers menorahs, mezuzahs, kiddush cups, seder plates and Shabbat and Chanukah candles. Via Maris gives 1% of annual sales to charity, and its kosher mezuzah scrolls are handmade in Israel by female soferot (scribes).