Don’t you just love hosting family and friends on Rosh Hashanah? We can’t imagine a better way ushering in the New Year than being surrounded by our nearest and dearest. Set the scene this Rosh Hashanah and add a touch of sophistication (as well as a splash of colour) to your holiday dinner table with […]
Category: Jewish Heritage
Rosh Hashanah is Coming: Pomegranate Statement Jewellery
Pomegranates are revered in many cultures throughout the world, symbolising anything from righteousness, good fortunate, fertility, abundance, and prosperity to a blessed future. With Rosh Hashanah around the corner, we put together a carefully curated selection of our favourite pomegranate statement jewellery designs of the year. What better time to add some new and inspiring […]
Meet the Artist: Dov Ber of Shins of Stone
Photo: Courtesy of Shins of Stone Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. My family made Aliya to Beit Shemesh when I was around 15 years old. Growing up, I worked with my hands a lot. I dabbled in carpentry, construction, high-end house painting, and other […]
Meet the Cantor and Artist: Deborah Katchko-Gray
Photo: Courtesy of Cantor Katchko-Gray Photo Credit: Kristen Jensen Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m a fourth-generation cantor, who loves folk music. I grew up on cantorial music from my famous grandfather, Cantor Adolph Katchko, my wonderful father, Cantor Theodore Katchko, and my mom, a great pianist and accompanist, organist […]
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 […]
Hello Again: Inbal Amit of Hebrew by Inbal
Image: Courtesy of Hebrew by Inbal Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Inbal Amit, and I help English speakers learn & love Hebrew. Growing up in Israel, Hebrew and English both played a significant role in my personal and professional life. My first job once I completed my […]
Guest Post by Alina Adams: For Art’s Sake: Is It Ever OK To Tell Someone Else’s Story?
Image: Courtesy of Alina Adams We are living in a time when it’s become frowned upon to write or act in a voice outside of your own gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, etc. Under these circumstances, Leo Tolstoy had no right to speak for “Anna Karenina,” Pearl Buck was doing dirty in “The […]
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 Artist: Z’ev Brandon Perkus
Image: Courtesy of Z’ev Brandon Perkus Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I live in Israel in the Golan Heights on Moshav Aniam, a wonderful community settlement with an artist village and rich culture surrounded by incredible nature and history. I made Aliyah in 2019 from South Africa. Having grown up […]
Meet the Author: Alina Adams
Images: Courtesy of Alina Adams Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Odessa, USSR, a city a great many people know about now, thanks to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, then knew about it then, or when I published my first novel set there, “The Nesting Dolls.” […]