ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “Breaking Stereotypes and Bridging Differences”?
Daniella Levy is a writer and Hebrew-English translator. She was born in New York and immigrated to Israel with her family as a child. Her articles, short fiction, and poetry have been published by many popular and literary magazines, anthologies and online platforms. In 2006 while in Barcelona she met Josep, a secular Catholic who expressed an interest in Judaism, and she began to write a blog, Letters to Josep, describing the practices followed by religiously observant Jews such as herself.
A collection of these letters has now been published as a book, Letters to Josep: An Introduction to Judaism. It is written as one would write to a friend, in a warm informal style, so while it describes religious Jewish practices in detail, it is easy and enjoyable to read.
She is also involved in a new educational project called “Moving Stones”, whose aim is to provide educational resources on Jewish heritage and culture for non-Jewish learners in Spain.
