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After gaining a doctorate in developmental psychology, I won the National Jewish Book Award for A Time to be Born: Customs and Folklore of Jewish Birth (JPS, 1998, 2000). I served as guest curator for three exhibitions based on this book: an online exhibition, a joint production for the Judah L. Magnes Museum at Berkeley, California, and Tel Aviv Beth Hatefutsoth Museum, now ANU Museum, as well as a temporary exhibition at The Jewish Museum London. I also curated an exhibition on the art of Havdalah for Bar Ilan University. I published some thirty features about childbirth and midwifery, addressing psychological and social issues. My book, Not to Worry: Jewish Wisdom and Folklore (JPS, 2003) combined psychology and Judaism. My recent publications and ongoing research has been on 19th century Jewish history, notably on Jewish family portrait albums, an early collection of Jewish ritual art, and about the journals of a 19th century Jewish woman.