Shalom Brenner

Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1941 and grew up on a farm in Upington. He immigrated to Israel in 1962 and became a member of Kibbutz Yisrael before moving to Haifa, where he engaged in marketing and real estate. He completed his accountancy studies at Haifa University in 1972. Out of love, he chose the life of a farmer on a moshav in the Negev. In retirement, he and his wife Dina Raveh moved to Jerusalem. A self-taught artist working in oil, pencil and ink, Shalom was drawn to painting after encountering Aboriginal dot art in Australia. His earlier writing includes Judy and I (Kindle, KehilaLinks, JewishGen); and Life of a Pensioner (Kindle).