Parshat Vayetze
Chayei Sara
The Akeda! (The Binding of Isaac).
Lech Lecha – Get Going!
With Syria constantly in the news, I came across a beautiful website describing the traditional liturgical chanting of the Jewish congregation of Aleppo. The site was set up by the Syrian Jewish community in New York, and it links to recordings and explanations (in Hebrew) of their unique and nuanced chanting style. The site itself […]
A New Year! Parashat Bereishit – Genesis
My naive art, oil painting of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (complete with stripey lawn) appears as the first illustration of the Torah in the Child’s Bible published by Ariella Books.
Happy Succot !
As the Succah we build parallels the Mishkan, or Sanctuary, which accompanied the people of Israel during their journey in the wilderness, (and which is also an allegory for the inner essence of each individual), here is my illustration of Moshe, setting up the vessels in the Mishkan. My illustrations of the Parshot HaShavua, (weekly […]
Part 2 of children’s Bible – Shemot – out soon
Here’s the finished artwork which I posted previously. It’s one of twelve illustrations for the new children’s Tanach, Part 2. “Erzahl es Deinen Kindern – Die Torah in Funf Banden – Schemot” is due out soon, hopefully in time for Rosh Hashana, published by Ariella Books, Berlin.
BOOK COVER
So after lots of work – it’s about to be published – 50 years since the last such book – a German-language Bible for Jewish children – Part 1 – Genesis. Many, many thanks to publisher Myriam Halberstam of Ariella Verlag, for choosing me to do the illustrations, and to writers/translators/adaptors Bruno Landthaler and Hanna […]