Blue Depths CufflinksMarch 2022 Sterling silver, lab grown blue zircon I fell in love with this pair of 10mm blue zircons the moment I saw them. Their color and clarity made me want to dive into them and swim around, so I had to have them. Not to be confused with cubic zirconium, zircon is a naturally occurring gem that has been treasured since the middle ages. This pair of stones, however, is lab grown zirconchemically and structurally identical to the real thing, but

One way to identify a Jewish home is to see a mezuzah affixed to a doorpost

it was as though she was exhorting me to leave DC and fly home to her

The Kaporet was supposedly the space from which Moses spoke to God in the Tabernacle—so it was no great leap to place the Name דני between two cherubim in the design

and the fifth anniversary is wood

an artistic school that I knew would work well with the recipient's personal style

and then the outer surface would be cast around it

on the other hand

In addition to being beautiful

which has both the clarity and depth of pelagic waters but also a sparkle that rivals the glint of the sun reflecting off the surface chop of the open ocean

百年好合 (bǎiniánhǎohé

Made for a little girl who was almost named Lazuli

The entire piece is hung on a French rope chain