Rabbi Denise is the creator and spiritual leader of the online community SecularSynagogue.com. She is also the spiritual leader of the IRL community Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Toronto. She serves pregnant folks and their partners/families as Jewish Doula (jewishdoula.com) and also teaches at Trent University’s School of Education. She is a mom to […]
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Meet The Artist: Kristin Johnson of The Plum Grove
© Kristin Johnson Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Hello! My name is Kristin Johnson and I am an American pattern designer and artist who grew up in Washington State. I now live in San Jose, California with my wonderful family and cat. As a child I always had a passion […]
Meet the Artist: Galia Goodman, Ecological Jewish Artist and Hiker
This interview was conducted by Jonathan Homrighausen. © Pictures provided by Galia Goodman Jonathan Homrighausen is a calligrapher and a doctoral student in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Duke University. He is author of Illuminating Justice: The Ethical Imagination of The Saint John’s Bible (Liturgical Press, 2018), and his own work may be seen at jdhomiecalligraphy.com. Over warm cider […]
Meet The Artist: Jennifer Wankoff
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a ceramic artist making Judaica as well as functional secular pottery for the home. I live in Philadelphia with my husband, 9-year-old son, and Lulu the dog. Most days I can be found in the basement where my studio is in our house. […]
Meet The Artist: Fanny Chodosh
Fanny Chodosh, Israeli born artist, enjoys creating beautiful personal works that move the soul. Her passion shows through inspired by spiritual motifs, architectural relics of Jerusalem. She loves the intricacy of hidden alleys with beautiful arches, mystical tunnels from biblical times, and off the beaten track spaces in the Old city. “I love archaeology and […]
Meet The Artist: Yitzchak Devor
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in New York, grew up in Far Rockaway and am 28 years old. I grew up Orthodox and went to Yeshiva. I became more secular as a teenager and returned to Orthodoxy around the age of 23. It was a really long journey […]
Meet The Artist: Eleyor Snir of EleyOri (HEBREW)
ספרי לנו קצת על עצמך ועל הרקע שלך .(Ori – קוראים לי אליאור שניר (בקיצור נולדתי לפני 44 שנה בקיבוץ נוה-איתן בעמק בית-שאן לשבט ולמשפחה גדולה ומגוונת. אמא שלי היא סופרת ילדים ואשת חינוך ואבא שלי הוא מומחה לגידול דגים. אחרי המסלול של בית-ספר וצבא בחרתי בלימודי עיצוב ואיור במכללת “ויטל” בתל אביב. אחרי שלוש […]
Meet The Artist: Eleyor Snir of EleyOri (ENGLISH)
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Eleyor Snir (in short – Ori). I was born 44 years ago at the Kibbutz Neve Eitan in Beit Shean Valley to a large and diverse family. I am a fourth of nine children. My mother is a children’s book writer and […]
Meet The Artist: Ilana Amiel
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, […]
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. […]