For this exhibition, the Israel Museum invited leading designers around the world to create portable kits for a Jewish holiday or life-cycle event of their choice. The resulting works, often using cutting-edge techniques and materials to produce objects associated with ancient rituals and ceremonies, reflect a fascinating blend of tradition and innovation. Making for especially unexpected and thought-provoking encounters are works by designers who have no connection with Judaism or Jewish tradition \u2013 such as Yuri Suzuki and Assa Ashuach, who created a Havdalah set, or Katharina Mischer and Thomas Traxler, who designed a kit for making matza that meets strict Halakhic requirements. The strikingly aesthetic, richly illustrated catalogue features a comprehensive survey by exhibition curator Weiser-Ferguson as well as short texts by the artists themselves \u2013 including Vered Kaminsky, Yaacov Kaufman, Maya Muchawsky Parnas, and Gali Cnaani \u2013 opening new and inspiring avenues for the design of ritual objects in the 21st century. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3970,"template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[]},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[375,376],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4847","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art-culture-en","product_cat-books-en","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n