Shoshannah studied studied Semitic Languages, Ancient Middle Eastern Culture and Codicology at the University of Leyden (Holland) and specialized in medieval Sephardic Hebrew poetry. Her Ph.D. thesis describes the Portuguese (Marano) Jewish Community in 17th century Amsterdam. She was involved in codicological projects with manuscripts, tombstones and books in Amsterdam, Jerusalem and Germany and lectured at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Though she attended art classes in Leyden and at the Free Art Academy of The Hague in Holland she considers herself mainly self taught. She sees her academic background and her traveling from country to country as an invaluable tool for her paintings, which delve deeply into Jewish lore and legends. After her marriage she moved to New York and devotes all her time to her art and to her husband and two children. She is an author, lecturer and a maggidah (certified Jewish preacher, story teller and spiritual guide) and combines this with her art. Her main interest is Chassidism. The artist lives with her family in Midwood, Brooklyn. Brombacher’s favorite medium is oil, pastel, crayons and/or ink. She makes very small miniatures as well as large panels to cover a wall. Many drawings are calligraphic. Text, letters and colors play an important role. Brombacher’s subjects are mainly Jewish (Chassidic) life and stories, classical music, and travel impressions. She illustrates books, designs book covers (e.g. for Yitzhak Buxbaums’s The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, and collects, writes and illustrates Chassidic stories. Brombacher participates in several blogs and websites (Breslov, Chabad.org), and takes commissions. She created sets and series with some of the following themes: The Golem of Prague; The Tikkun of the Breslover Rebbe; Talmudic stories; Biblical books and stories, the 5 Megillot, Yona, Shemuel, biblical women; the parshat hashavua; midrashim, the Twelve Tribes; Goethe’s Faust; poetry (Yiddish, Sephardic, several European languages); Jewish Holidays (e.g. Ushpizin); the Haggadah; the Hebrew Aleph-Beth; classical composers, especially Beethoven; New York (especially after 9/11), Chassidic stories, ‘Dybbuk – Tzvishen Tzvay Velten’ from Anski. Brombacher creates a lot of custom art, like ketubot, verses of a name, tikkunim, blessings for the house, parnasah an many other occasions, Psalms, bar/bat mitzvah, sheva’ berakhot, (cover) illustrations for books, etc. For more information visit the website of the artist, or contact her: www.absolutearts.com/shoshannah e-mail: shoshbm@gmail.com Tel.: 718- 339 2779

Website/Online Portfolio: https://www.absolutearts.com/shoshannah/

Articles and Artwork By Shoshana:

http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/8861/jewish/Shoshannah-Brombacher.htm

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/author/shoshannah-brombacher/

Shoshannah Brombacher, Ph.D.

Article about Shoshannah:

http://richardmcbee.com/writings/artists-reviews/category/shoshannah-brombacher

Stephanie Kurtzman Barat is an active performer and teacher in the classical and Jewish music arenas. She is a graduate of Curtis Institute of Music and Carnegie Mellon University. She has soloed with many orchestras including twice with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in such places as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Jones Hall and Merkin Hall. She has taken part in many chamber music festivals. She also freelances and plays with many of the Jewish bands and artists. She teaches in schools and privately and also often shares music in therapeutic settings.

Official Website: http://sandgmusic.com/

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