Photo: Courtesy of My Jewish Art Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Cindy Goeta and I live in Jerusalem. I was born in France and made Aliyah 15 years ago. I have studied Political Science and Journalism but have always been drawn to art, especially Jewish art. What […]
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Meet the Textile Artist: Shari Bodofsky of Fresh Crayons
Photos: Courtesy of Shari Bodofsky Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Shari Bodofsky, I am the creator of Fresh Crayons, a small handmade toy business. I work a busy schedule; I am also a fourth-year medical student. I started sewing in grade school and am mostly self-taught. I […]
Meet the Artist: Andrea Strongwater
Photo: Courtesy of Andrea Strongwater Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in New York City – Manhattan – but we lived in New Rochelle, NY on Long Island Sound. You could see the marina from my bedroom window. The building was a lovely, charming 1930’s apartment building with […]
Meet the Artist: Michelle Levy
Photo: Courtesy of Michelle Levy Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background.I am a British-Israeli graphic artist turned fine artist, living in the Israeli city of Raanana. Finishing art school with a first class honours degree in Visual Communication design, I opened a design agency. Since leaving art school, I hadn’t had […]
Meet the Artist: Adina Silberman
Photo: Courtesy of Adina Silberman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Adina Silberman and I currently live in Chicago with my husband and daughter. I am trained as a dentist and have a lot of hobbies including art and graphic design. Jewdles is a brand new line of […]
Meet the Artist: Ryan Bernknopf of Yid Knacks
Photo: Courtesy of Yid Knacks Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Ryan Bernknopf and I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am 38 years old, with a superstar of a wife Talia and two young boys, Nathan and Casey. I grew up in a traditional […]
Meet the Artist: Samantha Lish
Photo: Courtesy of Samantha Lish Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a visual artist and current DPhil candidate in Theoretical Physics at Oxford University. A desire to understand the relationship between natural laws and humanity’s ability to uncover universal truths has informed my belief that problem-solving requires interdisciplinary thinking. […]
Meet the Artist: Elana Younger
Photo: Courtesy of Elana Younger Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in the Orthodox community of Cincinnati, Ohio. I consider myself intellectually curious, philosophical. Most of my free time is spent working on my art projects and exploring new mediums. I have a strong passion for […]
Meet the Artist and Costume Designer: Jess Gersz
Photo: Courtesy of Jess Gersz Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Originally from Rochester New York I have lived in Brooklyn for the last eight years. My education took me from the University at Albany to the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where I studied to receive my MFA in […]
Meet the Artist: Stephanie Ganson of reNEW by steph
Photo: Courtesy reNEW by steph Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Stephanie and I am from Youngstown, Ohio. I currently live in Cincinnati, Ohio with my husband, Phil, and our spunky mini schnauzer, Juneau. I have an MEd from Ohio State University and an MBA from Murray State […]