When you live in a country where Jews are the minority you feel as if you were living in a Jewish museum when you have friends and acquaintances over pointing at your Judaica collection while asking you what the various items are and what they are used for in your home rituals. One of the […]
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*Product Review*: “Tehilim 150” Hebrew Calligraphy Artwork by Akiva Roszkowski
Photo: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight When German speakers, and many people for that matter, think of Bremen, the city Akiva Roszkowski is based in, they automatically think of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy-tale “Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten”. The “Town Musicians of Bremen”. We are thrilled that the Jewish world now associates this northern German city […]
Meet the Artist: Rochelle Garrison
Photo: Courtesy of Rochelle Garrison Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in Brooklyn, NY, in an Orthodox and insular community. I felt like I was bound by so many rules and barriers, while all I was yearning for was free reign. I was never a “traditional” girl, ultimately […]
18 Jewish Paintings To Decorate Your Home With
We believe that every person should have the opportunity to decorate their home with beautiful artwork. The budget is secondary. Who ever said you have to purchase everything at once? We live in a time and day in which acquiring art has never been easier. Isn’t it wonderful that you don’t have to travel all […]
10 Yiddish Words You Have To Know
Shop: WordPlayGifts Photo: Courtesy of Etsy Growing up in Europe, I was always surrounded by European Jewish culture. While I was still at university, I once found myself standing in the linguistics department’s library waiting for a friend to finish one of their classes. Browsing through some of the oldest books our alma mater had […]
Meet the Artist: Lia Bruce of SaltWare Design
Photos: Courtesy of Lia Bruce Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. What inspired you to become an artist? What is your specialty? I was born in Tel Aviv. I studied architecture at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa followed by a degree in Fine Art at Ramat Hasharon School […]
Meet the Textile Artist: Miriam Cocker
Photo: Courtesy of Miriam Cocker Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I come from a very creative family. My mum moonlights as a print maker and textile artist, my dad is a nature writer and my sister is a ceramic artist and designer. We were both encouraged from a really young […]
Meet the Artist: Michal Avrech
Photo: Courtesy of Michal Avrech Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Michal Avrech, I am an international artist, based in Israel. I have BA in fine arts and MA in art therapy. I have been painting since I was a child, it was my unique way to express […]
Meet the Artist: Liz Lauter
Photo: Courtesy of Liz Lauter Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’ve always been an artist and I’ve followed several artistic paths over my 63+ years growing up in San Francisco, Ca. I was trained as a painter, but also did ceramics on the side from age 11, besides several creative […]
Meet the Artist: Stacey Abrams-Sherick of SAS Art Glass
Photo: Courtesy of SAS Art Glass Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I live in Santa Monica, but have had the opportunity to live in multiple other countries as well. I lived in Spain when I was younger, and as an adult, travel became the thing that made my heart beat. […]