Dvora Waysman

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Dvora Waysman is an Australian-Israeli author. Born Dorothy Opas in Melbourne, Victoria, Waysman made Aliyah to Israel in 1971 with her husband and four children. She is a prolific writer, with her works syndicated worldwide in over 20 publications, and is a regular contributor to The Jewish Press, where she writes on topics including travel, family life, and Jewish holidays, often drawing from her knowledge of Jewish history.

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Biography

Dorothy Opas (later Dvora Waysman) was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She made aliyah to Israel in 1971 with her husband and four children. [1] The family settled in Jerusalem.

Her writings are syndicated worldwide in over 20 publications. [2] Waysman is a contributor to The Jewish Press . Her topics include travel-related, family life experiences and Jewish holidays. Examples from her knowledge of Jewish History are often part of what she writes. [3] Waysman has taught creative writing and journalism for three decades. [4]

Waysman's novel The Pomegranate Pendant was made into a movie in 2009. [5] It premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2012. [6]

Awards and recognition

Waysman was the 1981 [7] recipient of the "For Jerusalem" citation for her fiction, poems and features about the city of Jerusalem, and has won the Seeff Award for Best Foreign Correspondent in 1988. [8] In 2014, the movie based on her book, The Golden Pomegranate, won the Shabazi Prize for Literature and Art. [6]

Published works

Books

Short stories

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References

  1. Books, Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's. "Esther: A Jerusalem Love Story by Dvora Waysman". www.powells.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ex. Her Shabbat In Shiloh, about visiting a married daughter who, with eight children, has lived there for the past 16 years, weaves in Joshua's conquest, Tu B'Av, a battle in the 11th century BCE against the Philistines, and the 1970s.
  4. "Pitspopany Press - Dvora Waysman (Author)". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  5. The Jewish Press, 7 August 2009, p. 4
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  7. "Yahoo! Groups". groups.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
  8. "Mother's Day". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  9. It's a picture book. Schmidt's bio can be found at http://hachai.com/bios.html Archived 1 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine