Publications and Awards

I wrote my first full-length novel when I was nine. It was called "Bracelet Magic" (guess what it was about?)  It's still in the drawer, but these pieces have been published.

(2009) Nehama Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar. An analytical biography. (Urim Publications, 608 pages). Finalist in the National Jewish Book Awards, 2009.  

(2008) "Drama as an effective tool for deepening Jewish identity" in Jewish Educational Leadership (Lookstein journal)

(2008) "Purim unmasked" for Melting Pot, Savory and Spicy Portions to Commemorate Israel's Entry into its Seventh Decade (ed. Dafi Kremer), Dani Books publishing. 

(2008) "Pure Zealotry, Pure Commercialism", IsraTimes Issue 24.

(2008) The HaTikva, Ta Shma brochure for UJIA

(2004) “Nehama Leibowitz” for Jewish Women: A comprehensive historical encyclopedia.

(2003) Rosh Hashanah, Ta Shma national brochure

(2003) Shavuot, Ta Shma on WZO website

(2003) Weekly portion of Vayikra, Ta Shma 

(2003) “Nehama Leibowitz” for MaTaN Batmitzvah Kit.

(2003) “If You Seek Him With All Your Heart”: Nurturing Total Individual Growth in Yeshivah” in Wisdom From All My Teachers: Challenges and Initiatives in Contemporary Torah Education, (eds. Prof. Susan Handelman, Rabbi Jeffrey Saks.)

(2000) “The Voice of the Shofar” in Torah of the Mothers: Contemporary Jewish Women Read Classical Jewish Texts, (eds. Prof. Susan Handelman, Dr. Ora Wiskind Elper)

Book reviews

(2010) A Heart Afire for Ha'aretz

(2009) Drawing in the Dust for Ha'aretz

(2008) Ray Bradbury's Collected Stories for www.theshortreview.com

(2002) Pirkei Nehama for the Jerusalem Post

(2001) The Daughters Victorious for Le’eyla magazine

 Journalistic Pieces

(2000) “The Rabbi and the Heretic” in the Jerusalem Post

(2000) “What’s in a (street) name?” in WIN (women’s internet magazine)

Television

(2001) Writer/assistant for TV shorts on Jewish themes, Keshet Television Productions

 Stories

(2008) "In my place" in Shofar Literary Review

(2005) "Write Right" in Shevet, Bar Ilan Creative Writing Programme Journal

(2003) “Carrier” in V2.1: Stories from the-phone-book.com (ed. Ben Stebbing)

(2001) “Carrier”, “Guess the Animal” and “The Didact” published in The Phone Book

Plays: Produced and Performed

 (2004)  "After Eden" (wrote and appear in)  – currently appearing in Israel and abroad.

 (2000) “Rock of Ages” (wrote and starred in) produced by Centre Stage Theatre

Poems

(2009) “Deborah", 2nd prize in LSJS competition for Biblically-themed poetry

(2003) “Silencing the Sirens” in Heartbeats II (ed. Shoshana Lepon)

(1998) “Moshe” in Zapta (Yakar, ed. Mark Kirschbaum)

(1994) “Intensity”, “The Didact” in The Muse (Bar-Ilan University journal)

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