Today is the start of the holiday/present season at my house. It is my oldest son’s birthday—he’s 13. Not sure how that happened. But so begins the onslaught of material consumption. Chanukah is in three days. Before I go to bed I’m going to pull out our menorahs so I can start chipping away at last year’s wax drippings (unless by some miracle—’tis the season after all—I cleaned them before returning to the velvet boxes last December.)
We have a few menorahs: the electric one all Jews grew up with, that goes in the window; beautiful modular ones from MoMA that my mother-in-law gave us; a traditional “Tree of LIfe”; a more contemporary version of the tree, from a friend as a wedding gift; a cute metal train I purchased for the boys when they were little; and an artisan-made wrought iron menorah, also from my mother-in-law (who’s not even Jewish by the way, but loves to participate).
There are a number of modern menorahs available, some by Israeli artists, others by contemporary Jewish architects and designers (Jonathan Adler, he’s a Jew). Here are 31 of my best modern menorah finds.
S H O P P I N G
1 Moooi Menorah, $417
2 Stanley Saitowitz Menorah, $395
3 LED Motherboard Menorah, $14.75
4 Jonathan Adler Skyline Menorah, $165
5 Concrete Menorah, $295
6 Slide Magnet Menorah, $225
7 Industrial Style Copper Menorah, $128
8 Cork Menorah, $75
9 Modern Menorah, $69.99
10 Kinetic Menorah, $199
11 Mid-Century Style Menorah, $14.95
12 Crystal, $32.25
13 Puzzle Menorah, $185
14 Simon Pearce Menorah, $295
15 Areaware Menorah, $150
16 Flexus Menorah, $135
17 Three Part Menorah, $109.95
18 Karim Rashid Menoramorph, $49.95
19 Glass Menorah, $24
20 Lili Menorah, $180
21 Stone Menorah, $158
22 Origami Menorah, $130
23 Ascalon Menorah, $275
24 Pea Menorah, $131.12
25 Walnut & Copper Menorah, $159
26 Sabra Menorah, $149
27 Christofle Menorah, $1,050
28 Nambé Menorah, $160
29 Mariposa Menorah, $157
30 Ian Milne Menorah, $310
31 Blooming Menorah, $245
For more, check out my “Modern Menorahs” collection on Keep.com.
