- 1959 born Sombor, Yugoslavia.

- 1977 Completed high school, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

- 1977-1982 History of Art Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of

- 1981-82 Assistant curator, Jewish Historical Museum, Belgrade.

- 1982 B.A. degree, History of Art Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Thesis: "Domed Synagogues on the Territory of Yugoslavia at the End of the 19^th and the Beginning of the 20^th Centuries." Supervisor: Prof. Vojislav Korać.

- 1982-83 Graduate work in Jewish Studies at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, Germany.

- 1983 Graduate program: History of Art Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

- 1984-88 Documentation and research of Jewish ceremonial objects and synagogues at the Synagogues and Ceremonial Objects Section, Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the summers 1985-87 documented synagogues and Jewish ceremonial art collections in Yugoslavia.

- 1987- 2000 Teaching assistant and instructor at History of Art Department, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Rothberg School for Overseas Students, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem; History of Art Department, The Hebrew University, Rehovot. Courses: Introduction to Modern Art, Russian Avant-Garde Art, Jewish Art in Russia under Tsars and Soviets, Russian and Modern Jewish Art in the Era of the Revolution, Jewish Art Through the Ages, Modern Jewish Art, Cubism and its Influences.

- 1988-93 Head of the Modern Jewish Art Section, Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

- 1989-90 December 1989 and May 1990, documentation and research of modern Jewish art collections in the USSR, on behalf of the Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

- 1990 M.A. degree. Thesis: "Russian Jewish Art, 1862-1912" supervisor: Prof. Ziva Amishai-Maisels.

Mordechai Narkiss Award for studies in Jewish Art.

- 1993 Proposed Program of Research for Doctorate approved. History of Art Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Topic: "Marc Chagall, 1906-1910." Supervisor: Prof. Ziva Amishai-Maisels.

-1993/94 - 1995/96 Council for Higher Education, Planning and Budget Committee's

scholraship.

- 1996 - present Instructor at the Department for Jewish Art, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University. Courses: "Modern Jewish Art, "Chagall and Jewish Art in Russia," "Holocaust and Jewish Art," "Introduction to Jewish Art" (part II - 18^th - 20^th centuries), "Introduction to General Art" (part II - 15^th - 20^th centuries).

1. "Sinagoge sa kupolom na podrucju Jugoslavije" (Domed Synagogues on the Territory of Yugoslavia), Zbornik , no. 5, Jewish Historical Museum, Belgrade, 1987, pp. 218-226 (Serbo-Croatian).

2. 'Biographies of the Artists', in R. Apter-Gabriel, ed., Tradition and Revolution, The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-Garde, 1912-1928 , The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987, pp. 239-244.

4. "The Awakening of Jewish National Art in Russia," Jewsih Art , vol. 16/17,

   1990-91, pp. 98-121.

5. "Jevrejska groblja u Beogradu," (Jewish Cemeteries in Belgrade), Zbornik , no. 6, Jewish Historical Museum, Belgrade, 1992, pp. 201-215.

6. "Chagall and the Russian Futurism: 'The One-and-a-Half-Eyed Archer'," Proceedings of the 11^th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 47-54.

7. "Levitan's 'Jewish Graveyard'," The Israel Museum Journal, vol. XII, Summer 1994, pp. 29-34.

8. "Chagall: the Artist and the Poet," Jewish Art, Eastern Europe 1 , vol. 21-22, 1995/96, pp. 41-67.