Aubrey KaganShulamit Kagan (nee Frankel) was born and grew up in what was to become the State of Israel. She got married and moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she raised her family. She became deeply involved with the small but vibrant Jewish commnity. She later aspired to an education and studied via correspondence, eventually attaining her MA in Psychology. As a result of political uncertainty, the family moved to South Africa, where she started her practice as a psychologist. She also expanded her involvement in the Jewish community, delivering lectures and writing many articles on Jewish life and religion, with a special interest in the role of women. Shulamit died in 2018.

Aubrey Kagan (one of Shulamit's sons) was born and grew up in Rhodesia. He graduated as an electrical engineer from the Technion in Haifa and with an MBA from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He has practised as an electronic engineer for over forty years in both South Africa and Canada. During that time he has written scores of technical articles and blogs. This is his second book-the first was on the application of Microsoft Excel to electronic calculations. Aubrey lives in Toronto, Canada. Read More Read Less