Finding the perfect Rosh Hashanah outfit for a special evening with family and friends is never easy. No matter if you host this year or are invited to dinner, you will most certainly make an entrance wearing one of these gorgeous and sophisticated autumn inspired dresses to usher in the New Year. Regardless if your […]
Category: Jewish Research
Meet the Jewellery Designer: Hardy of Jeweria
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Hello, I am Hardy and along with my business partner Holger I am founder and owner of a small company in the heart of Germany. In 2010 we started making our own handmade art objects and in 2020 the German government asked us if it […]
Meet the Author: David de Wolf
Image: Courtesy of David de Wolf Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in the Netherlands and studied Dutch Language and then the History of Art at the University of Nijmegen. I graduated with a Master of Arts and wrote my thesis on the architecture of the Italian […]
Meet the Rabbi: Haim Casas
Photo: Courtesy of Rabbi Haim Casas Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. What inspired you to become a Rabbi and what do you enjoy the most about your chosen profession? I was born in the city of Maimonides, Cordoba, in 1981. From a very young age my grandfather instilled in me […]
Meet the Artist & Rabbi: Rabbi Shmuel Polin
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 […]
Meet the Seeker: Zevi Slavin
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 […]
Meet the Tour Guide: Yvonne Weisgrab
Photo: Courtesy of Yvonne Weisgrab Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a student in the Department of Middle Eastern studies at the Charles University of Prague and am currently finishing a BA program. My family discovered our Jewish roots only a few years ago and so I started to […]
Meet The Researcher: Vincent
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Vincent. I was born in Switzerland to a Hungarian mother and a Swiss father. My mom left Hungary during the communist dictatorship and came to Switzerland to continue her studies, both my parents are musicians and they play in a symphonic orchestra.I […]