Tzitzit Project is an invitation for everyone and every body to engage with the mitzvah of wearing this holy ritual garment.
Tzitzit Project nourishes queer, trans, and feminist reclamations of the wearing of tzitzit that honor a wide variety of bodies, gender identities, religious denominations, ages and self-expressions within diverse Jewish communities across Diaspora.
We are committed to making a meaningful impact at the intersection of spiritual life and social justice. Over the past two years, we have launched several initiatives beyond our online shop that currently serve identities historically excluded from mainstream Jewish communities, including girls, women, LGBTQIA+, disabled, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and BIJOCSM. We created our Pay-It-Forward Fund as a form of mutual aid, offering tzitzit to those who otherwise would not have access.
We hold a deep commitment to ecological sustainability. The bodies of our tallit katan are sustainably and ethically cut and sewn locally in Los Angeles with conscientiously sourced deadstock fabric. Our wool strings are hand-spun by local Jewish fiber artists who source wool from local farms committed to the ethical treatment of animals and our environment.
As guests on the ancestral and current land of the Tongva People, we are committed to ongoing relationships and reciprocity by extending a recurring guest exchange to the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy.
Since launching Tzitzit Project in 2021, we have been able to thoughtfully and independently grow beyond re-designing a holy garment by building an ecosystem of interconnected diasporic Jewish makers, leaders, and activists.
This ecosystem began with our early interviews with Jewish leaders, tzitzit testers, textile designers, web designers, ritual guide writers, web designers, video documentarians, and yarn spinners.
From these collaborations, we created and tested our prototypes, and launched our website and online shop, where our first Tzitzit were made available for purchase in December 2022.
Through our 100% community-funded pre-order campaign, we have sold almost 200 tzitzit to diasporic Jews across North America and Europe. Our tzitzit are colorful, lightweight, and feel like a second skin, are size-expansive and genderful. We offer a variety of styles, colors, string types, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi tying styles, and the option to tie your own.
Listen to co-founders Jill and Jules talk about Tzitzit Project on Judaism Unbound Episode 364 - Fringe Spirituality
Our kavanah is not only to makes the wearing of tzitzit available to everyone and everybody but to dream of a more inclusive expression of Jewish spiritual practice centered on accessibility, healing, and deepening our work for tikkun olam.
