Photo: Courtesy of Meydalle Jewelry Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in the north of Israel, and ever since I was a child I have been interested in design, art and the beauty of our world. I am married with 2 beautiful kids, living in a village in […]
Month: November 2020
Meet the Artist: Ali Rose Dachis
Photo: Courtesy of Ali Rose Dachis Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I wanted to be an artist as long as I can remember, when I was 9, I joined an after school program that involved acting in a play, designing and creating the sets, […]
*Product Review*: The Second Temple – 3D Puzzle by TouchwooDesign
Photo: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight At Judaica in the Spotlight, we love puzzles. Especially when it comes to puzzles that are both educational as well as decorative, which the 3D model of the Second Temple you can admire here most certainly is. Is there a more fun way to teach young children about […]
Meet the Musician: Gavriella Goldman
Photo: Courtesy of Ortal & Gavriella Goldman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m Gavriella Goldman and I play the Horn. Together with my sister Ortal, we perform music comedy shows as the Goldman Sisters. We also play standard classical music concerts in collaboration with other musicians. I have been playing […]
Meet the Textile Artist & Musician: Ortal Goldman
Photo: Courtesy of Ortal & Gavriella Goldman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I started learning the Violin when I was five years old. When I was at school I never actually planned on being a Musician. For a long time, I wanted to be a doctor. I tried many different […]
Meet the Ketubah Artist: Lauren Lowenstein
Photo: Courtesy of Lauren Lowenstein Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m originally from New York City, but moved to Washington DC for college and very much consider it to be my home. After graduating from college, I participated in a program called Avodah – the Jewish Service Corps, which really […]
Our Favourite Sights in Israel from North to South – First Stop: Haifa
Bahá‘í Shrine and Gardens Photo: Courtesy of Saba Shahriari ‘Jerusalem prays, Tel Aviv plays and Haifa works’. We all have heard this saying at one point or another in our lives. But is this really the first picture that comes to mind when thinking about Haifa? The majority of people we know, based in and […]
Meet the Artist: Saba Shahriari
Photo: Courtesy of Saba Shahriari Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Iran into an artistic family. As Baha’is in Iran we faced religious persecutions, and because of that we immigrated to the United States so we could practice our basic human rights, even as simple as access […]
Meet the Designers of TouchwooDesign: Assaf Goldstein & Ofir Baruochi
Photo: Courtesy of TouchwooDesign Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. We, Assaf Goldstein and Ofir Baruochi, are industrial designers, graduates of the Jerusalem Hadassa College. We both worked for a few years as employees of the Israel Museum and after obtaining the required experience, we decided to branch out on our […]