Let's Decorate Like: We Live in a Synagogue

Synagogue-chic: It's too cool for shul.

North Shore Congregation in Chicago, designed by Minoru Yamasaki in 1964.

In today’s issue:

• Reexamining Jewish synagogues as decor inspo. (If I could to re-do my 1998 Bat Mitzvah, the theme would be Brutalism and not “hats.”)

• Giveaways for paid & free subscribers.

“I felt impotent and out of control, which I totally hate. I needed to find sanctuary in a place where I could gather my thoughts and regain my strength.” — Cher Horowitz, Clueless

For Cher Horowitz, sanctuary comes in the form of the mall.