Yevgenia Nayberg

Jul 16, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Yevgenia Nayberg |Nicole Miles |Chris Barton |Don Tate

A passionate ode to a pioneering female artist whose influence endures and inspires. An artist finds kinship in the life and work of American painter Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944). A light-skinned young child who comes across Florine’s self-portrait in a museum is startled to discover that the artist resembles her. The child explores the parallels between their lives as artistic Jewish girls and ultimately commits to embracing Florine’s vibrant spirit.

Jan 22, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Jane Zalben |Yevgenia Nayberg

In the Bible, the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowl­edge were plant­ed in the Gar­den of Eden. (Gen­e­sis 2: 9)Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of Trees, falls dur­ing win­ter, often in late Jan­u­ary or ear­ly Feb­ru­ary, when trees form buds. In Jew­ish cus­tom, a tree is plant­ed when a baby is born. Both are cared for as they grow. The branch­es of a tree can be used as poles to hold up a chup­pa (canopy) under which the grown child is mar­ried. This con­tin­ues the cycle of life.