The items in The Museum of Crap Judaica are deliberately anti-functional. Most of us will have encountered Jewish objects which fail to fulfil their function, fundamentally misunderstand their purpose, or are simply poorly made or aesthetically dubious.

Judaican’t takes this premise and runs with it – face first into a brick wall. Running the gamut from ‘slightly silly’ to ‘actively treif’, each item of Judaican’t challenges us to think about what we want from our Jewish objects, and the extent to which they reflect our everyday selves.

All wax chanukiah with wicks running down each arm

This cup is designed to spill its contents regardless of the side or angle you drink from it

Entirely solid wood mezzuzot with ‘Shh’ written on them

Yid Army! Because Saturday is match day

Seder plate with incorrect items – marmite, bread roll, chocolate egg, milk bone, toast, burnt bacon

Traditional torah-pointer (yad) with the hand in a non-traditional ‘devil horns’ rock gesture, with black nail polish

Cooking utensils holder, with an M in ambiguous colour – filled with wooden utensils, all marked in black marker with M

Keeping a tiny portion or your head dry since 2025