Q: You’re not Jewish… why carry a Jewish memory project?

A: Precisely because I’m not Jewish.
When my grandparents received these objects during the war, they could never have imagined that one day they would become a responsibility for their descendants.
I didn’t choose this story — it chose me.
Carrying this memory is, for me, an act of humanity.
Jewish memory belongs to all of us, because it tells something essential about our shared human destiny.

Q: What exactly is a Tikkun Box?

A: It is a box crafted in thuya — a rare, living, fragrant wood found in Morocco.
Inside, each box contains elements of memory and transmission.
The word Tikkun comes from Hebrew and means “repair.”
Each box is both a work of art and a symbolic gesture: an attempt to mend the torn fabric of history.

Q: Why create such rare — and expensive — boxes?

A: Because memory is not a consumer good.
It needs rarity to endure, and beauty to be honoured.
These boxes are not products; they are unique pieces, like the lives they evoke.
Their price reflects the artisanal work, the precious wood, and the part donated to a cause greater than themselves.

Q: Where does the money actually go?

A: Part of it is donated to OneFamily, an Israeli organization supporting orphans and families affected by terror.
The other part allows In Living Memory to continue its mission: to write, to create, to transmit, and to fight antisemitism through memory and beauty.

Q: What if I cannot afford a box?

A: You can still become a guardian of memory in other ways : by reading the blog articles, sharing them, or simply speaking about ILM around you.
Every word, every gesture, every relay is a stone placed in the wall against forgetting.

Q: Is this an artistic project, a philanthropic project, or a personal one?

A: It is all of these at once.
It was born from a family story, took form as an art object, and opened to the world as an act of solidarity.
It is not a traditional enterprise.
It is a bridge between past and future, between beauty and memory, between the intimate and the universal.