2013.Ashira Morgenstern.CV

1. Ashira Morgenstern
Author, Educator, Media Producer/Director/Writer

1992-present Freelance journalist and producer ofcommercial and educational media.
1982-present Teacher, tutor in TeNaCH, Tefila, Chassiduth.
1992-2001 Staff LecturerinTeNaCH, OU Israel Center.
1982-1992 Co-Director, Jerusalem Media Workshop.Producer/writer/directorof live-
action films, animations, television programs, and music.
Clients (partial list):
Bar Ilan University
Gesher Educational Affiliates
Israel Ministry of Religious Affairs
Ruder, Finn, and Rotman
ShaareiTzedekHospital
World Zionist Organization
Young Israel of America
Productions (partial list):
1992-present WhiteLight Meditations. Producer/writer/composer/designer/marketer of
commercial guided imagery products.
2006-present Book Promotion Videos and Trailers,web development.
1982-present Ashira Music.Producer/composer/lyricist for seven albums of original songs.
2008 Aniboom. Producer/writer/composer for 15 soundtracks for a series of
animation competitions.
2007 ESL. Producer/writer/composer for 30 songs teaching English as a Second
Language for a commercial multimedia product.
1996 Living Waters. Writer/Director/Consultant - Instructional film/video about
the laws of Family Purity for Israel’s Ministry for Religious Affairs.
1994 A Partnership in Courage. Writer/Director - Documentary film/video
translated into 5 languages for ALYNHospital. BETA.
1993 King David; The Story of Esther. Writer - English version of film scripts for
TV series produced by Gesher Educational Affiliates.
1992 Changing the Face of the Nation. Writer/Director - Promotional
documentary for BarIlanUniversity. BETA.
1992 P’TACH. Producer/Writer/Director - Promotional documentary for P’TACH
(Parents of Learning Disabled Children). BETA.
1991 Just One Life. Writer/Director - Promotional documentary on pre-natal
support, produced for the Young Israel of America). ¾”.
1991 BioProgramming. Producer/Writer/Director –commercial recording for
weight loss via guided imagery.
1990 Israel Inside.Co-Writer/Director - Televised documentaries for the WZO that
became the internationally distributed series Israel OnLine.

2. 1989 Nishmat. Writer/Director - Promotional documentary on the founding of a
new women’s yeshiva in Jerusalem. ¾”.
1989 The Jerusalem Experience. Director - Video version of the multi-media
presentation for AteretCohanim Yeshiva. ¾”.
1988 Yerushalayim, Lev Ha’Uma. Writer/Director - Series of commercials for
national broadcast produced for Israel’s Ministry for Religious Affairs. ¾”.
1988 OhrSomeach: Excellence. Producer/Writer/Director - Promotional
documentary for OhrSomeach Yeshiva. ¾”.
1988 Picture the Possibilities. Writer/Director - Promotional video for tourism to
Israel contracted by Ruder, Finn, and Rotman. ¾”.
1988 Shvut Ami.Writer/Director - Promotional documentary on immigration to
Israel from the Soviet Union for Shvut Ami. ¾”.
1987 AteretCohanim. Writer/Director - Promotional documentary produced for
AteretCohanim Yeshiva. 16 mm color.
1987 The Mitzvah Machine.Co-Writer/Director - Educational animated children’s
film about the freedom of choice. 16 mm color.
1987 The Journey. Co-Writer/Director - Historical drama about Bar Mitzvah for a
“Jewish Life Cycle” series for the WZO. 16 mm color.
1986 The Eighth Day.Co-Writer/Co-Director - Historical drama about BrisMilah
for a “Jewish Life Cycle” series for the WZO. 16 mm color.
1986 The Corridor.Co-Writer/Co-Director - Historical drama about life after death
for a “Jewish Life Cycle” series for the WZO. 16 mm color.
1984 Lights. Co-author - Full-cel animation produced for network broadcast (ABC)
in the U.S.; 35 mm color. With soundtrack featuring Judd Hirsch, Leonard
Nimoy, and Paul Michael Glazer,Lights was named Best Educational Film of
the Year by Israel’s Film Board (1985) and remains the only Israeli-produced
animation to achieve syndicated primetime broadcast in North
America.Published by Rossel Books, N.Y. 1984.ISBN 0-940646-55-2.

Published work is listed separately.

Ashira Morgenstern (pen name)made aliya from Far Rockaway, New York to Jerusalem in
1979.She has lived and workedin Israel since then and welcomes collaborations on
educational and commercial media projects.