Children's Wellbeing in Immigrant Families: Ethiopian Jews in Israel

Dr. Naomi Anne Shmuel is a British\Israeli author and anthropologist, and winner of the Israel Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 2012 (also known as the Levi Eshkol Literary Award). She specializes in families in transition, and in training professionals (teachers, social workers, psychologists, medical professionals etc.) for working with human diversity. Her research focusses on the process of continuance and change across generations amongst Ethiopian immigrant families in Israel. Her books, which she began to write for her own children (whose father came to Israel from Ethiopia), were the first children's books in Hebrew to feature children of colour. Many of these have won prizes, one has been converted into a children's community park, one into a play and nine into animated films. They are widely used throughout Israel in schools and pre-school programmes to foster intercultural understanding and tolerance. Naomi uses her children's booksto initiate discussions on sensitive topics (such as immigration, refugees, identity and belonging) in her academic courses and professional workshops. She is affiliated to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and lives in the Western Galilee.

Dr. Naomi Anne Shmuel 是一位英國/以色列的作家和人類學家，並於2012年獲得以色列總理希伯來文文學獎（也稱為Levi Eshkol文學獎）。她專注於過渡中的家庭，以及培訓專業人士（教師、社會工作者、心理學家、醫療專業人員等）以應對人類多樣性。她的研究重點是以色列埃塞俄比亞移民家庭在世代之間的延續與變化過程。她的書籍最初是為了自己的孩子（其父親來自埃塞俄比亞）而寫的，是第一本以希伯來文出版的、以有色人種兒童為主角的兒童書籍。這些書籍中有許多獲得獎項，其中一本轉變為兒童社區公園，一本改編為舞台劇，九本則改編為動畫電影。這些書籍在以色列的學校和幼兒教育計劃中廣泛使用，以促進跨文化理解和包容。Naomi利用她的兒童書籍在她的學術課程和專業工作坊中啟動有關敏感話題（如移民、難民、身份和歸屬感）的討論。她隸屬於耶路撒冷希伯來大學，並居住在西加利利。