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Julian Alper made aliyah to Tiberias from Manchester (UK) in 2014. He writes poetry and is President of Voices Israel Group of Poets in English (https://voicesisrael.com/). Many of his poems have been published in various anthologies and literary web sites. He photographs and blogs about nature in Israel at https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/julian-alper/ and https://natureofisrael.blogspot.com/. He has written articles for the Jerusalem Report and contributed photographs to Wikipedia. He enjoys viewing great works of art - particularly Jewish and Israel-related art. And he loves relating all of his interests to the Torah and Talmud. In his spare time, he works as a hi-tech consultant.
Julian Alper analyzes two paintings which feature etrogim, Marc Chagall’s “Feast Day (Rabbi with Lemon)” and Paula Gans's “In Prayer at Sukkot,” through the lens of a commentary by Rabbi Norman Lamm.