Shortly after the atrocities of October 7, I met students from my law school’s Jewish Law Student Association chapter. They experienced a sentiment all-too-common among Jews around the word: isolation. My Jewish colleagues and I tried to assure the students that we were there to support them. One of the students said that he didn’t even know that I was Jewish. I immediately sought to remedy that problem.

I installed a Mezuzah on my office door. What is a Mezuzah? You may be familiar with the biblical verse that “you shall inscribe [prayers] on the doorposts (mezuzot) of our house and on your gates.” Jews follow that commandment literally. A Mezuzah is a small piece of parchment that includes some prayers in Hebrew. It is rolled into a scroll, and placed in a container. The Mezuzah is affixed on the right side of the door. (The rules for placing the Mezuzah are a bit complicated, as are most Jewish laws.)