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 […]
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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 […]