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Az Nashir Israeli Artists
Get to know their work
Avital Sharansky
Avital Sharansky was born in the USSR and fell in love with Israel's light when she made aliyah. She lives and paints in Jerusalem, enjoys life with her husband, daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren, and continues to paint the light of the land of Israel.
Leah Luria
Leah, a fine artist, made aliyah with her family in 2021 from South Florida. Since making aliyah, Leah’s work has focused on the vibrant colors and spirituality of Israel, inviting viewers to journey through Israel’s breathtaking rolling hills and sacred landscapes. Shortly after October 7th, Leah founded IsraelFineArt.com, initially as a collaborative fundraiser for widows and orphans in Israel that evolved into an online gallery/shop. IsraelFineArt.com aims to help showcase artists in Israel, offering a range of styles of beautiful artwork as fine art prints and gifts, contemporary kitchenware, colorful accessories and unique home decor.
Avigail Wieder
Avigail is an artist and inspirer licing in Jerusalem creating artwork that lights up one’s soul and lights up one’s life. Originally from London, she spent way too much time pursuing all things besides art, instead of doing the thing she does best. Thank God, she now paints full time, creating masterpieces for collectors across the world, selling through galleries and her online shop, and sharing her inspiration and stories on social media. When not painting, she is hanging with her husband and kids or walking Jerusalem streets and hills dreaming up the next creations.
Ronit Friedman
Ronit is an Israeli artist who brings the landscape to life with rich colors and loose brushstrokes. Her acrylic paintings of Jerusalem and the Judean Hills express a love of the land and a deep connection to her surroundings. She infuses the mundane with imagined color as an expression of spiritual energy and significance. Find her work at her website and on
Instagram at @ronitfriedmanart
Yael Harris Resnick
Yael is an American-Israeli self-taught multimedia artist known for her hand-painted silk, acrylic paintings and, most strikingly, integrating silk accents on her canvases.
Influenced by her mother, calligrapher and ketubah artist Hedy Harris, much of Yael’s work involves Judaic and biblical motifs and illustrates the splendor of the land of Israel using a vibrantly colorful palette. Inspired by great female artists like Freda Khalo, Yael strives to bring
brave female heroines into the limelight. She is an award-winning artist who has been recognized by the Washington DC Calligraphers Guild, Israel’s Artists Guild, and Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. She lives in Israel with her husband and four kids. You can
find her work on her website.
Micol Bayer
Micol is a papercut artist who works closely with her clients to bring beauty and meaning into her creations. She is drawn to the balance of positive and negative space that create the elegance of a papercut, and is inspired by the natural beauty of the land of Israel. Her papercutting style and motifs are constantly evolving.
Sefira Lightstone
Sefira is a Jerusalem-based illustrator and activist whose art empowers Jews to connect with their heritage. Her work has been featured by major Jewish organizations, like Chabad.org and The Forward. With a unique style that blends tradition and modernity, Sefira uses her creativity to challenge stereotypes and inspire others. In addition to her professional work, she is a mother, runner, and coffee-lover. Find her work on her website and follow her on IG at Sefira Creative.
Avigail Sapir
Avigail is a spiritual creative mentor, painter, and ketubah artist. She creates art as a meditative practice that guides
her to explore her inner world, work through emotions, and connect deeply with the divine flow. She is passionate about helping women step into their creative power on and off the canvas. She wholeheartedly believes in the healing spiritual powers of art-making in a
meditative space. She teaches courses and workshops in person and on Zoom. If you want to find more of her work, you can follow her
on Instagram or Facebook @AvigailSapirArt
Inbal Singer
Inbal a bi-lingual, proud Israeli-American artist living in sunny Beit Shemesh, Israel. Her art conveys themes of
healing, growth, and inspiration through natural elements. Find her at: Instagram @hummingbirddesignprints and https://israelfineart
.com/collections/inbal-singer
Shira Greenspan
Shira is an award-winning educator, author, and artist. She is the author of Koren’s bestselling My First Tanakh Series and the illustrator of the Shirat David Haggadah. Shira is
renowned for her creative intergenerational learning resources and is a highly sought-after educational developer. She studied at Midreshet Harova, holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University. She lives in Modiin, the city of the Maccabim, with her husband and four children. The entire Greenspan family created this beautiful painting together.
Sheva Chaya Shaiman
Sheva is a renowned glassblower and painter and is a Princeton graduate who made aliyah to Tzfat in 1997. She enriches her popular gallery in the Artists’ Quarter by sharing her journey and unique artistic insights with thousands of visitors annually. Sheva Chaya teaches painting, glassblowing, and Torah and art workshops, and also offers transformative Yoga classes that deepen
the mind-body-soul connection.
Yael Flatauer
Yael is a Judaica artist residing in Tzfat. She was born in Riga, Latvia, and made aliyah in 2018. Yael creates
unique, colorful, soulful, and joyfully Jewish art with a touch of mysticism inspired by life in Tzfat, a city known for its artists and kabbalists. You can find her work on https://israelfineart.com/pages/yael-flatauer, Etsy, and follow her on Instagram at @yael_flatauer.
Inna Rogatchi
a writer, artist, scholar and film- (רינה רוגאצי) Inna Rogatchi
maker. She is co-founder and president of The Rogatchi Foundation, and the wife of the renowned artist Michael Rogatchi. Inna conducts her special art spirituality studies and projects concerning the Torah (The Beauty in the Torah); The Torah: the Quest and the Art; Bereishit: The Art of Creation; Psalms: the Artistic Expression; and several others. Her artworks belongs to many leading public institutions and notable personal collections worldwide, including the Holocaust Garden of Hope in Kingwood, Texas, JCC in Dnipro, Ukraine, Jewish Vilnius Public Library, and the Grigory Kanovich Public Library in Lithuania, Jewish Learning Centre in Budapest,
Hungary, collections in Israel, the UK, the US, France, Austria, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Australia and more. Find her at https://www.innarogatchi.com/ and www.innarogatchiart.com.
Jennifer Lifshutz Lankin
Jennifer Lifshutz Lankin is the Chief Strategy Officer at ORA (the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot), where she advocates for women experiencing abuse in the Jewish divorce process. Jennifer is passionate about transforming ideas into impactful solutions and challenging the status quo. She studied Political Science and English at Yeshiva University and earned a Master’s in Nonprofit Management from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is an artist and lives in Jerusalem with her family.
Elana Dressler
Elana was born in Maryland, and made aliyah in 2007, now living in Maale Adumim with her husband and six children. With a background in photography, Elana initially captured the world through her lens, but has since transitioned to a more tactile exploration of art through watercolors, acrylics, and pen drawings. She draws daily inspiration from the beauty of the land of Israel and its extraordinary people.
