Art Magazine
Photo: Courtesy of Netillah What inspired you to start your company, Netillah? Netillah was started by Orly Wahba. Her inspiration was to have more meaningful mitzvot. She started it in order to enhance people’s homes along with their mitzvot. Netilat Yehdayim is a huge mitzvah. Keeping our hands clean also keeps our bodies and souls […]
Photo: Courtesy of Rabbi Shmuel Polin Besides working on your impressive reconstruction project, Opening The Ark Project, you are also a Rabbi and Artist. Can you tell us a little about yourself and your background? I have always been fascinated by the intersections of art and theology. As a child, I learned from my father […]
Photo: Courtesy of Zevi Slavin Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in the Chabad community of Sydney, Australia; exposing me at a very young age to both the raw beauty of nature, living near the breathtaking Australian shoreline, and to the rigorous system of philosophical mysticism of Hasidic […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Let’s be honest, baking is a great way to relax and the treats you are left with at the end tend to be more than just delicious. Especially, if you get your recipes from Israeli baking blogs! Full of mouth-watering baking accounts, Instagram is the perfect place to go to for your daily dose of […]
Photo: Courtesy of Dion Futerman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. South African/Israeli artist, born 1955, Pretoria, South Africa. Lived and educated at Jewish Day Schools, in Pretoria and Durban. Lived in Cape Town, and then Ra’anana Israel for a short period becoming an Israeli citizen. Returned to Africa and Cape […]
Photo: Courtesy of Nireh Or Going through the Jewish year has never been lovelier! The beautiful Nireh Or Calendar you can admire above has been created by two tremendously talented and very inspiring women, artist Lizzie Sivitz and Rabbi Hayley Goldstein. Lizzie’s designs are in perfect harmony with Rabbi Hayley’s inspiring commentary. Their love for […]
Photo: Yemenite Family having a Rosh Hashanah Seder Courtesy of Zoltan Kluger There are three Seder ceremonies during the year. One that I knew about, one that I celebrated and didn’t know I actually did, and one I learned as an adult. Passover Seder is the one we all celebrate, Tu B’shavat seder (Birthday of […]