Yakira Shimoni Fulks Art https://kirasart.com/ A dynamic multimedia artist, Kira expresses in a variety of mediums including: graphic and digital arts, videography, music and poetry, singing and song writing, traditional oil paintings, drawings and delicate watercolors. Yakira was born in Jerusalem, Israel and holds degrees in international relations, graphic arts and interior design. She is the publisher of The Forum Press located in Orange County, California. Sat, 30 May 2026 07:07:25 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://kirasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/K-1-Logo-1-©Yakira-Shimoni-Fulks—Kira-Art-and-Poetry-—-Site-Icon-100x100.jpg Yakira Shimoni Fulks Art https://kirasart.com/ 32 32 Yom Huledet 73 https://kirasart.com/yom-huledet-73/ https://kirasart.com/yom-huledet-73/#respond Sat, 30 May 2026 07:07:22 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18145 One of the benefits of being Jewish is that you can celebrate your birthday twice: once according to the solar calendar, and once according to the Hebrew lunar calendar. Yesterday, on Shabbat, I celebrated my Jewish birthday, which falls on the full moon of י״ד בסיוון. In Hebrew, the letters י״ד (Yud-Dalet) equal fourteen and […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/yom-huledet-73/feed/ 0 Seventy-Three https://kirasart.com/seventy-three/ https://kirasart.com/seventy-three/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17993 Today is my seventy-third birthday—and it feels so sweet to have made it this far. It was a busy year settling into our new home, and even with a few new aches, I am still feeling like my young self, still rocking and roiling. After traveling the winding roads of life, I am finally living […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/seventy-three/feed/ 0 Happy Shavout https://kirasart.com/happy-shavout-2/ https://kirasart.com/happy-shavout-2/#respond Fri, 22 May 2026 01:16:16 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18093 Shabbat Shalom and Happy Shavuot to All 🌿 Today we celebrate Shavuot, the holiday of receiving the Torah, the moment a wandering and wondering people stood together at Mount Sinai and became a nation bound by covenant and faith. Today I remember my grandfather, Rabbi Chacham Shalom Shimoni זצ״ל (1884–1977), whose yahrzeit was last week, […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-shavout-2/feed/ 0 Happy Mother’s Day 2026 https://kirasart.com/happy-mothers-day-2026/ https://kirasart.com/happy-mothers-day-2026/#respond Sun, 10 May 2026 03:34:24 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18079 Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers I know and love 💐 Everything I know about motherhood, I learned from my mother, Shulamit Shimoni. To love, to give, to endure, and to keep the spirit light. Here she is at ninety-three, at PSIK Theater in Jerusalem, strong, shining center stage, still embracing life. Wishing you […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-mothers-day-2026/feed/ 0 Fridays https://kirasart.com/fridays/ https://kirasart.com/fridays/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 06:30:42 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18041 Shabbat Shalom and a peaceful weekend to all. The week flew by—Friday again. Fridays are the busiest days of my week: cooking, cleaning, baking challot, bringing everything into order. By evening, a freshness fills our home, a quiet spirit of holiness that connects us with Jews everywhere around the world. Shabbat is the only holiday […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/fridays/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Israel https://kirasart.com/happy-78-birthday-israel-2/ https://kirasart.com/happy-78-birthday-israel-2/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:58:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17996 Happy Birthday Israel. May all your days be filled with peace and happiness 💙🙏🔯 The road was windy, but our vision strongto build our life where we belongstep by step and day by daywith joy, and tears along the wayfor those who gave their lives to savethis place we love, this land He gaveour spirit […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-78-birthday-israel-2/feed/ 0 Toothless Tammy https://kirasart.com/toothless-tammy/ https://kirasart.com/toothless-tammy/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:22:25 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=14202 Years ago, when I first came to America in the fall of 1971, I lived in Harlan, Kentucky—nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, where country roads curve and climb, but life moved slowly. It was one of the poorest counties in the country, but the people all wore hearts of gold. I would walk down Main […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/toothless-tammy/feed/ 0 Happy Passover 2026 https://kirasart.com/happy-passover-2026/ https://kirasart.com/happy-passover-2026/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:06:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17955 Wishing a safe and happy Passover to all 🔯🍷🙏 Passover tells our story. “In every generation they rise against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, blessed be He, saves us from their hand.”בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָםHere we are again: another war, another wave of hostility. Yet […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-passover-2026/feed/ 0 What is Love? https://kirasart.com/what-is-love/ https://kirasart.com/what-is-love/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:37:04 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=16735 What is love we wonder and ponder is it a force, a feeling, a bond from Yonder? Is it a word that lights up the day and makes all worry fade quickly away? What is love but free surrenderfinding home in the heart of anotherwhispered secrets, warm embracea shelter one calls ‘my home sweet place’. […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/what-is-love/feed/ 0 Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Asaf🎂🎶💝 https://kirasart.com/happy-new-year%f0%9f%a5%82-happy-birthday-asaf%f0%9f%8e%82%f0%9f%8e%b6%f0%9f%92%9d/ https://kirasart.com/happy-new-year%f0%9f%a5%82-happy-birthday-asaf%f0%9f%8e%82%f0%9f%8e%b6%f0%9f%92%9d/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:07:14 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17933 Happy New Year to All The happiest of birthdays to my darling son, Asaf Fulks. My light. My rock. My steady ground. Wishing you great success in your new job and all that follows. 2025 was a year of gratitude. Of long-dreamed wishes finally coming home. We spent the year restoring and fixing, turning a […]

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