Photo: Courtesy of Hayley Edelmann Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Hi, I’m Hayley, I grew up in the UK seaside town of Southport, went to art college in Liverpool then Newcastle after which I moved to London where I met my Israeli husband who was studying architecture at the time. […]
Month: February 2022
Meet the Author: Laura Gehl
Photo: Courtesy of Laura Gehl Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I have a PhD in neuroscience and began my writing career as a science writer. I wrote about science for a variety of publications, for both children and adults. Gradually, I transitioned into spending more and more of my […]
Meet the Author: Terri Fields
Photo: Courtesy of Terri Fields Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was a teacher who loved reading and wanted my students to love it too. I wanted students to see how much a book could give them a new perspective, take them on interesting journeys, and provide entertainment. Unfortunately, […]
Meet the Author: Barb Rosenstock
Photo: Courtesy of Barb Rosenstock Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a life-long resident of Chicago. In school I loved history, social studies, theatre, and music. Yet, I was a psychology major in college, and worked in corporate marketing and communications for about twenty years…writing for children was […]
Meet the Astrologer, Tarot Reader, and Musician: Mick Frankel of “The Deck of the Hebrew Letters”
Photo: Courtesy of Mick Frankel Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Originally from Essex, I now live by the seaside in Lancashire. I’m a member of the St Annes Hebrew Congregation. My grandmother taught me to read Hebrew. The letters of the Aleph-Beis connect me to some of my earliest memories. […]
Meet the Author: Tammar Stein
Photo: Courtesy of Tammar Stein Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background? I’m the author of eight books for children of all ages. I’ve written everything from a board book with 12 words to novels for older young adults. My books have won the Middle East Book Award for children’s literature, […]
Meet the Author: Sylvia Rouss
Photo: Courtesy of Sylvia Rouss Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in California and first began writing for the children in my preschool class. As an early childhood educator for over 30 years, I was privileged to be the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in Jewish […]
Meet the Author: Marcia Berneger
Photo: Courtesy of Marcia Berneger Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m a retired teacher living with my husband and three crazy dogs in sunny Southern California. I have two wonderful sons. One is married and has given me an amazing grandson. Ori is almost fifteen months old and I […]
Meet the Artist: Rachel Ellison of Bat Sarah Press
Photo: Courtesy of Bat Sarah Press Photographer: Katalina Berbari Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m from the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up in a household with a strong Jewish identity. My Hebrew day school had a wonderful art teacher, Mrs. Woloshin, and she directed many different art projects, […]
Meet the Author: Monique Polak
Photo: Courtesy of Monique Polak Photographer: John Fredericks Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in Montreal. My parents were immigrants from the Netherlands. My mum, who was Jewish, spent nearly two years in Theresienstadt, a Nazi concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic. […]