American Eagle Outfitters puts a mezuzah at entrance to Times Square store
March 2, 2023
American Eagle Outfitters has affixed a mezuzah, a parchment inscribed with religious texts in a metal box as a sign of Jewish faith, to the front door of its store in New York’s Times Square. The retailer’s CEO, Jay Schottenstein, is a Jewish philanthropist whose family has donated tens of millions of dollars to Jewish groups.
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