Fused Glass Israeli Mezuzah by Gary Rosenthal - 100% of Profits Donated
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Join us in supporting Israel with the new mezuzah from the Gary Rosenthal Collection. This unique piece, symbolizing peace and life, is part of a fundraising effort for AFMDA, Magen David Adom's life support service. $55 per mezuzah purchased will be donated.
This mezuzah is made from olive wood, the first reference in the Torah in the story of Noah when a dove returned to the ark carrying an olive branch—a symbol of peace and restoration in the wake of immense devastation. To this day, “extending an olive branch” means to seek peace amidst a hostile situation. The top and bottom of our Israel mezuzah are set at an angle of 18 degrees—the numeric expression of the Hebrew word “Chai” meaning “life”.
- Made in the USA
- Measurements: 5.75" x 1"
- Olive wood and fused glass
- Non-kosher scroll included
About the brand
Gary Rosenthal spent nearly 50 years pairing copper, brass and steel with bright fused glass to make Judaica for homes and synagogues across the country.
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Gary Rosenthal
Gary Rosenthal spent nearly 50 years pairing copper, brass and steel with bright fused glass to make Judaica for homes and synagogues across the country.
- Based in
- Kensington, Maryland
- Since
- early 1970s
- Craft
- Welded metal and fused glass
Gary Rosenthal (1953–2023) made some of the most recognizable Judaica in America: menorahs, mezuzahs, seder plates and wedding keepsakes in copper, brass and steel lit up with brilliant fused glass.
He found metal almost by accident. Taking a year off from college to work for his father, a stove repairman, he was torching the heavy grates of a cast-iron stove when something clicked. He was sculpting in welded metals by the early 1970s and worked for almost 50 years from his studio in Kensington, Maryland, with a team of craftspeople that included autistic workers and former Soviet refuseniks. His "shards" wedding mezuzah, which holds pieces of the glass broken at the ceremony, became a classic.
Work from the collection was presented to presidents from Carter to Clinton to Obama and sold in museum shops including the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, the Corning Museum of Glass and The Jewish Museum.
Rosenthal died of pancreatic cancer in 2023. His son Reuben and longtime director Hamilton Whitney carried the Gary Rosenthal Collection forward, adding wood pieces, until it closed in 2025, so the pieces here are among the last.
Good to know
- Presented to presidentswork from the collection given to Presidents Carter, Clinton and Obama
- Museum shopsSmithsonian's Renwick Gallery, Corning Museum of Glass, The Jewish Museum, Skirball
