Photo: Courtesy of Benny Hershkowitz Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name Benny Hershkowitz. I was born in Cyprus in 1948 as son of Holocaust survivors from Bedzin/Poland. I worked for 43 years in Hi-Tec as a Computer Banking Systems specialist and in the last few years, I dedicated myself […]
Category: Visual Artists
Meet The Jewellery Designer: Oded Hamm of The Rose of Jericho
Photo: Courtesy of Oded Hamm Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Oded Hamm, I’m 74 years old, I was born in the city of Haifa in Israel. I have 4 children, and 10 grandchildren. I speak 3 different languages: Hebrew, German and English. Throughout the years I have […]
Meet The Artist & Designer: Lizzie Katz
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Katz LIZZIE KATZ is passionate about making Judaica and homeware that is relevant and exciting to her contemporaries. Her interest in modern digital design and fabrication processes (including 3D printers and laser cutters) combined with her love for materiality and craftsmanship, make her designs unique and appealing for wide audiences. “Always […]
Meet The Artist: David Goldberg
Chrysanthemums Photo: Courtesy of David Goldberg Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Cork, Southern Ireland. The community was always quite small, about 100 families. We were an orthodox household. I began to paint when I was about 7. My mother took me to a wonderful woman […]
Product Review: Hamsa Artwork & Greeting Cards created by BRITcolors
Photo: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight Products: Hamsa artwork & Greeting Cards Our verdict: We simply adore Britt’s art! Hamsa Artwork When we first interviewed Britt almost a year ago, we have already admired her artwork for a while. It did not take much for us to fall in love with her style, since […]
Meet The Artist: Marianna Feldman of Inspired Design By Marianna
Photo: Courtesy of Marianna Feldman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Marianna Feldman. I was born in Moldova and my parents immigrated to New York when I was 8 years old. I also lived in Jerusalem for 4 years where I studied at Neve Yerushalayim. I currently reside […]
Meet The Owner & Designer: Barbara Shaw of Barbara Shaw Gifts
Photo: Courtesy of Barbara Shaw Gifts Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I come from Sydney Australia. Holocaust survivor parents who had a blue printing business. I attended a Jewish school in Sydney, Moriah College, and Habonim. Did my first degree in Art History at the Hebrew University, returned to Australia, […]
Meet The Artist: Anna Kozemjakin
Photo: Courtesy of Anna Kozemjakin Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in Ukraine. I have a master’s degree in History and Jewish studies from the International Solomon University (Kyiv, Ukraine). I spent one year in Stockholm at the “Paideia – European institute for Jewish studies in […]
40 + Seder Plates to fall in LOVE with!
Photo: Courtesy of Armadillo Judaica Lovers One of our favourite holidays to celebrate is … Passover! With Passover around the corner, it’s time to shop for something new. How about a beautiful Seder plate? If you ask us, you can never have too many Judaica items in your collection. Living outside of Israel, we have […]
Meet The Ketubah Artist: Judith Joseph of Judith Joseph Studio
Photo: Courtesy of Judith Joseph Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a very Jewish home. My father called us “non-observant Orthodox” because we knew the rules but didn’t necessarily follow them. My parents were intellectually curious, and conversation at home was nerdy: Judaism, history, […]