Modern Mishkan

The Torah speaks of a portable holy space called the Mishkan. G-d dwelled in the rooms, and priests performed their sacred tasks between the walls.

Ten years ago, a vision came to me, and with it a calling: I would build a modern version of the Torah’s Mishkan. My Modern Mishkan is portable and covered with all 613 mitzvot in English and Hebrew. In biblical times, we performed sacrifices for G-d. Today, we use prayer. The Modern Mishkan is a prayer space, an offering, and a representation of the connection between art and faith that has driven my career.

Although Covid-19 has put this project on pause, I have a fuller artistic vision. The Modern Mishkan will be much larger, with an artistic imagining of the Mishkan’s crowning glory: the Holy of Holies. Someday, I will be able to share this with you, and until then, I will protect this holy space at home.