Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and raised in Hanover, Germany; graduated with a Masters from the University of West London, majoring in Advertising and Branding. I spend the last years traveling the globe and lived on at inspiring places such as Fuerteventura, London, […]
Month: November 2019
Meet The Artist: Daphna Mirzayof of Negev Clay (ENGLISH)
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Daphna Mirzayof (Dorfzaun). I was born in central Israel and I served two years in the national service in Beit She’an. After the service, I guided excursions and studied various art courses, and completed industrial design studies at Hadassah College in Jerusalem. […]
Meet The Artist: Daphna Mirzayof of Negev Clay (HEBREW)
.ספרי לנו קצת על עצמך ועל הרקע שלך שמי דפנה מירזיוף (דורפצאון) נולדתי במרכז הארץ (ישראל) שרתתי שנתיים בשירות לאומי בבית שאן, לאחר השירות, הדרכתי טיולים ולמדתי קורסים שונים באומנות, סיימתי לימודי עיצוב תעשייתי במכללת הדסה בירושלים לאחר מכן עבדתי במשך כמה שנים בתחום העיצוב, במקומות שונים , לאחר כמה שנים החלטתי לשוב אל ספסל […]
Meet The Artist: Barbara Thiede of Not My Brother’s Kippah
I am a professor of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte in North Carolina and director of the graduate studies program in that department. I teach Jewish history, courses on antisemitism, the marketing of the Holocaust and a wide assortment of classes on Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). I also teach history and Tanakh for the seminary where […]
Meet The Artist: Inna Gorokhod
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Inna and I am an artist. I was born in St. Petersburg. My whole life has been associated with art. In my school every evening for 2-3 hours we were engaged in painting and drawing and decorative composition. Then I entered the […]
10 + Tallit Designers Who Should Be On Your Radar!
More women than ever before embrace the mitzvah of wearing Tallit. While this is a deeply personal decision, many people we have spoken with about this agreed that they decided to do so in order to feel closer to God and our beautiful faith. Today, we would like to put the Spotlight on Tallit Designers […]
Meet The Artist: Marcela Rosemberg
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Finding glass as a medium of expression was truly a blessing for me. It was the key that opened the doors for me and my family into beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16 years ago allowing me to start a new […]