...helping Cailin express her blessings in a quilt as her Bat Mitzvah project • design concept and coordination for Golomb Chapel, Union of Reform Judaism, New York NY • daughter Melanie's beautiful "simple country wedding", complete with napkins embroidered with each guest's name (must be in her genes, alas) • visiting daughter Tovah in inspiring Australia • organizing Jewish Heritage trip to Morocca • working with Barb Goldstein on 14 torah mantles for Temple Anshe Sholom, Hamilton ON • design for etch glass mehitza for Shaarei Shomayim, Toronto ON • 3600-piece "Pomegranate" ark curtain honouring retiring principal Zita Gardner for Leo Baeck Day School, Toronto ON • creating 5 banners to celebrate the 50th anniversay of World Literacy Canada with other "Surfacing" artists (my "shelf" was a set of encyclopedias) • Sheherezade, the belly-dancing bear, for Safehaven's fundraiser to provide respite care for children with multiple handicaps • continuing projects with Israeli colleagues • working with Dorothy Ross on 2 conceptual mantles for URJ chapel • ongoing blessings and research assistance from Paul • initiating Txedakah Box project with UJA / Federation, proceeds used to place artists in schools • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition board and jury member • mezuzah workshop, Springfield MA • learnign about photo transfers, page layout, website maintenance, belly dancing • developing shiva box for purchase • artist-in-residence at Downtown Jewish Day School, Toronto ON • wonderful, thoughtful clients who offer me opportunities to learn and grow...



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