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MONA BERMAN was born, bred and lived in Johannesburg until 2010 when she made Aliya to Israel. She has four degrees, four daughters, many grandchildren and now great-grandchildren in Israel. Her writing life began in earnest with the publication of a work of non-fiction Silence in the Fiction of Elie Wiesel (2001), two works of fiction, E-mail from a Jewish Mother (2002) and E-mail from a Jewish Grandmother (2008) a memoir Remembering Irma - Irma Stern: A Memoir with Letters (2003) and Serendipity in my Seventies (2012). She developed a passion for art from an early age and for many years arranged art tours for groups to meet the artists in their studios. For two decades her art gallery in Johannesburg was well known for promoting the work of young talented local artists.