Toby Klein Greenwald

Toby Klein Greenwald

Toby Klein Greenwald is a journalist, playwright, poet, teacher, and the artistic director of a number of theater companies. She is the recent recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from Atara-The Association for Torah and the Arts for her “dedication and contributions in creative education, journalism, theatre and the performing arts worldwide.”  She also is the editor-in-chief of WholeFamily.com, and was the 2018 recipient  of an AJPA Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.

Her books, available on Amazon, include:

*In the Land of Prayer (with Daniel Gutenmacher)

Israeli couple tells their Six-Day War memories

  Editor’s Note: Yaakov and Toby Greenwald vividly remember what they were doing during the Six-Day War of June 1967.  In these two articles, they relate their personal histories.  Yaakov Greenwald is a veteran teacher of Talmud, History and Mathematics. They married in 1976, live in Efrat, and are the parents and grandparents of children […]

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Jewish History, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, USA

Ayeka — A new approach to teaching Judaism

By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — In Becoming a Soulful Educator, by Rabbi Aryeh Ben David, every chapter has “aha” moments and statements that you will want to frame and hang on your wall, and he is liberal in attributing ideas to those who have inspired him – Rav Avraham Yitzhak Kook, Peter Palmer,

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein Greenwald

Profile: Lori Palatnik, the driving force behind JWRP

By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM — I’ve been following Lori Palatnik for years, on Aish.com and through the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP). I was curious about this fireball “out-reacher,” so when I saw they were holding another Israel trip in May, I made an appointment to interview her to find out where she came

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International, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, Travel and Food, USA

Mother of two slain soldiers an Israeli inspiration

By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Miriam Peretz has become a legend in Israel and the translation of her riveting book, Miriam’s Song, written, with her, by beloved Israeli author Smadar Shir and expertly translated by Jessica Setbon, will now ensure that she becomes a legend in the English speaking world as well. I

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald

Theatre group raises spirits of Gush Etzion residents

By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — A sellout crowd of women packed the prestigious Jerusalem Theater a few weeks ago for, Sisters!The Daughters of Tzelofchad, the latest production of the Raise Your Spirits Theatre group. If someone just gave you a ticket without telling you the background of this all-female group of performers, you would be justified

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Toby Klein Greenwald

Theater unites Israeli women in the face of terror

By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Raise Your Spirits Theatre, a multi-generational women’s theater company in Gush Etzion, an area that has suffered many terror attacks in recent weeks, is now in production on its 9th biblical musical, SISTERS! The Daughters of Tzelofchad, based on the story in Numbers, Chapter 27. The story of the

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Toby Klein Greenwald

Israel’s President Rivlin focuses on the environment

  By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–President Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin has broken many molds already since taking office. He may be the most citizen-friendly president ever to sit in that hallowed position, is truly dedicated to bridging the gaps in Israeli society and is a born and bred Jerusalemite, of the Rivlin family, descendants of the Vilna

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Middle East, The World We Share, Toby Klein Greenwald

The making of the Talmudic Encyclopedia

  By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–The gentle autumn wind foreshadows the holiday season as I locate a modest doorway on a tree-lined Jerusalem street, the side entrance to the elegant 90-year-old Yeshurun Synagogue. It leads to Yad HaRav Herzog, a research center which hosts, among other projects, the venture that is possibly the most momentous

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein Greenwald