Reviewed by Miriam P. and the five-and-a-half-year-old Julie H. I spent the last weekend by the coast in County Kerry with my partner, John, and his wonderful family. Liam, his older brother, joined us for a visit together with his wife and their young daughter, Julie, giving me the perfect opportunity to review Inbal Amit’s […]
Month: February 2022
Meet the Author of Rebel Daughter: Lori Banov Kaufmann
Photo: Courtesy of Lori Banov Kaufmann Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina but moved up north to go to college and grad school. After graduation, my husband and I made Aliyah and I worked as a strategy consultant for high-tech companies. When I […]
Meet the Artist: Shully Ratzon
Photo: Courtesy of Shully Ratzon Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. In the first years of my career, I worked as a graphic designer and practiced painting in as a secondary occupation. Later on, I realized my yearning for art and that it needs to occupy a more central place in […]
Meet the Hebrew Teacher: Inbal Amit
Photos: Courtesy of Inbal Amit Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Inbal Amit. Born and raised in Israel, I always loved words. Starting to write poems in an early age, I later added short stories to the mix. All grown up, I created content for a living, working […]
Meet the Artist: Eial Ovin of Healing Mezuzah
Photo: Courtesy of Eial Ovin Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Eial Ovin and I’m a young artist from Israel. I live in a small Kibbutz in the Galilee. What inspired you to become an artist? After my military service as a combat soldier, I found myself dealing […]
Meet the Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel
Photo: Courtesy of Valerie Estelle Frankel Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m Valerie Estelle Frankel, author of 83 books so far. I’ve won a Dream Realm Award, an Indie Excellence Award, and a USA Book News National Best Book Award for my Henry Potty parodies, the first ones I […]
9 Heart Shaped Kitchen Utensils For The Romantic In You
Many people still feel terribly uncomfortable going out to a nice restaurant to celebrate a special anniversary or Valentine’s Day with their soulmate and instead opt for a cosy evening in to honour the occasion. This is perfectly fine and we have to admit that the three of us most certainly belong to this group. […]
Meet the Author: Libi Astaire
Photo: Courtesy of Libi Astaire Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in Kansas, next door to Dorothy Gale and Toto too. (Just kidding.) My first love was the theatre and that journey took me from Kansas to London, where I studied acting, and then to New York, […]
Meet the Artist: Ilan Schiff
Photo: Courtesy of Ilan Schiff Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am Ilan Schiff, 36 years old, married and a father of three, living in Kibbutz Ma’ayan Zvi, an art teacher in schools, teaching classes and workshops. What inspired you to become an artist? My entire life I have been […]