- Shifra Horn
Shifra Horn (born 1951) is an
Israel i author.Biography
Shifra Horn was born in
Tel Aviv . She lives in theGilo neighbourhood ofJerusalem . After majoring in Bible Studies and Archeology at theHebrew University of Jerusalem , she earned an MA in Bible Studies. Horn also studied mass communications and completed a teaching degree.Horn worked as an educational officer for the
World Union of Jewish Students , and helped to organize the airlift ofEthiopian Jews to Israel. Horn also participated in the campaign to freeSoviet andSyrian Jews , producing films and written material.In the course of her work with Jewish students from oppressed communities around the world, she discovered Fact|date=May 2008 a village of Jewish
Marranos who had kept their Jewish identity secret for over 500 years. Horn's activity in the village of Belmonte in northwestPortugal resulted in the entire population converting fully to Judaism.Fact|date=May 2008Horn was a spokesperson for the
Israel Absorption Ministry until her departure forJapan , where she served as Far East correspondent for theIsrael Defense Forces Radio station andMa'ariv daily newspaper for five years. Horn worked as the director of the Tokyo Jewish Community Center and taught Bible Studies and Hebrew at the Bible College in Ginza, Tokyo.Upon her return to Jerusalem, she opened a public relations firm, and lectured on Japan and literary topics. Her books have been translated from
Hebrew into English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek, Mandarin and Turkish.Published work
* Novels:
** "Four Mothers
** "The Fairest Among Women
** "Tamara Walks On Water
** "Ode to Joy.* Non-fiction:
** "Shalom Japan
** "Cats
** "A Love story* Children's Book:
** "The Perfect PetAwards
Horn won the
WIZO Prize (1997) and the Publishers` Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for all four of her bestselling novels. She was nominated Literary Woman of the Year by the financial dailyGlobes (2002), and received the Prime Minister's Prize (2005) and the Brenner Prize (2006).References
External links
* [http://www.shifra-horn.com Shifra Horn Website]
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