Monika Krajewska is a Polish activist,

mizrah ''Mizrah'' ( he, ''mīzrāḥ'') is the Hebrew word for "east" and the direction that Jews in the Diaspora west of Israel face during prayer. Practically speaking, Jews would face the city of Jerusalem when praying, and those north, east, or ...

artist, writer, photographer, and Jewish gravestone art and

Hebrew language Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

calligraphy specialist.

Biography

Monika Krajewska was born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. She is married to a philosopher and Polish consultant of American Jewish Committee, Stanisław Krajewski. At present Monika Krajewska is a teacher at Lauder-Morash Private Jewish School in

. She is a member of The Guild of American Papercutters and Jewish Community of Warsaw. A recipient (jointly with her husband) of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the

Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture The Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture is an American non-profit organization founded in 2003 by Thaddeus N. "Tad" Taube in Belmont, California. Its mission is to help support the survival of Jewish life and culture in the face of unprecede ...

and American Jewish Committee, presented during the 23rd Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków.

Books

* 1982 – ''Czas kamieni'' – translated to English as ''Stones time'' and French as ''Le temps des pierres''shabbat-goy.com: Le temps des pierres
* 2009 – ''Mój młodszy brat'' (en. ''My younger brother'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krajewska, Monika Living people Writers from Warsaw Polish women writers 20th-century Polish Jews Polish calligraphers Artists from Warsaw Women calligraphers Year of birth missing (living people)