Last picture for Children’s Torah

This is a slice from the last picture I did for the Children’s Torah – Parshat Nitzavim. It’s not the last chronologically, but I didn’t do them in strict number order.

Parshat Toldot

The deceptive way in which Jacob receives his father’s blessing is rather unsettling. There is an interesting discussion of it by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on his website, here.

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.