Tamar Meir

Photo by Shahar Meir

Tamar Meir holds degrees in Talmud and Jewish philosophy, and a PhD in literature from Bar-Ilan University. She is head of the Literature Department at the Givat Washington College of Education and teaches at Efrata College and at Bar-Ilan University. This is her first children’s book. It has won both the Yad Vashem Prize and the Devorah Omer Prize for Children’s Literature. Tamar lives in Israel.