Elly Malka Faden

Elly Malka Faden, aka, Ellen Faden, is a writer, teacher, and artist currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her website is: ellysartandwriting.com, She is the daughter of Claire Leder who died in March, 2026. Ms. Leder has a painting in the Smithsonian Jewish Museum in Philadelphia, called “Refuge and Peace in America.” This is the painting above.

Refuge and Peace in America, 1995
Collection of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Accession No. 2005.3.2.