Wendy Blumfield

Wendy Blumfield was born in London and made aliya in 1974. She is a childbirth educator, lactation counselor, and president of the Israel Childbirth Education Center.  She is the author of Life After Birth: Every Woman's Experience of the First Year of Motherhood, and the anthology The Soldier's Mother. Blumfield is president of Voices Israel English Poetry society, and has published poetry. She  has been a freelance journalist with feature articles published in The Jerusalem Post since 1974. She also contributes to other Israeli and overseas English publications. Blumfield's areas of interest include parenting issues, Haifa history, and book reviews.

 Nadia Giol at the Visitors Centre

How dialogue and olive oil can nurture tolerance and coexistence

 A barbed wire fence is seen on Zikim beach, in southern Israel near the border with Northern Gaza Strip, on April 5, 2016

A memoir of courage and love: British-Israeli pioneer living on the Gaza border - review

 Artie Jacobowitz, a volunteer biomedical equipment engineer.

Ruach Hadash: Volunteer clinic in Haifa serves asylum-seeking refugees


UK's Society of Authors sparks backlash following discussion on Israel-Hamas War

The Society of Authors opened a discussion on the Israel-Hamas War. They did not anticipate the reactions this would trigger.

 Israeli writer Dina Rubina

'Our Names Do Not Appear': Struggles with grief without closure - review

Although this is a memoir, one needs to be prepared for flights of imagination that were part of her hopes that never materialized.

 A MEMORIAL candle is lit for a deceased loved one.

'The Wagamama Bride': A geographical, cultural, and spiritual journey - review

As a gifted writer and artist, her memoir is both graphically described and professionally written, using all the senses to paint a picture of life in Japan, a land so far from home.

 Liane Grunberg Wakabayashi

Haifa synagogue community rallies to serve IDF soldiers

Is there any other country in the world where its citizens think outside the box, investigate the needs, and supply them so quickly?

 Hungry IDF soldiers welcome a Shabbat meal at their base.

Out of Africa: Susan Shafrir exhibits her embroidery in Haifa

Susan Shafrir’s social conscience inspired the talented artist to show through her artwork that the abuse of colonialism never ends.

 ‘When It’s Gone, It’s Gone’ - leitmotif of the ‘Fabrication’ exhibition.

London and Winchester: A tale of two British Jewish communities

Winchester was once home to a Jewish community, but World War II put an end to it.

 The bronze statue of 13th-century Jewish entrepreneur Licoricia of Winchester

Israeli horse farm provides therapeutic education for special needs

The work with horses was found to develop confidence, social skills, ability to form and maintain relationships, trust in self and others and improvement in communication.

 Grooming and talking to the horse is an important element of therapy

Haifa art exhibit shows new life for traditional art techniques

Herman Struck's work portrays rural settings, urban communal space, and houses of worship, showing the impact of human activity on the environment.

 The exterior of Beit Struck in Haifa

This is what happens when you are self-employed with no accountant - opinion

Is there no protest from hard-working middle-income citizens who keep meticulous records and finish the year having paid their property tax and Bituach Leumi?

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

Danielle Mazin: Israel's only British design milliner

As the only British design milliner in Israel, Danielle Mazin creates an eclectic collection of hats for every occasion.

 Mazin poses in front of her showcase