Sherry Ansky

Sherry Ansky was born in 1957 in Jerusalem

Sherry Ansky was born in 1957 in Jerusalem and grew up in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood, in a traditional family of Czech origin. Her father was Bible scholar Prof. Haim Gavrihu. Her mother Hannah taught agriculture and grew fruit and vegetables, which shaped her early interest in markets and cooking.

She attended religious schools, including Bema'ale and the Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls. Her brother Reuven was killed in the Yom Kippur War, and she later dedicated a book to him.

She worked for 10 years as a graphic designer at Maariv. In 1992 she began writing a food column for the paper, mixing recipes with stories from her Jerusalem childhood. She also published several cookbooks, many with photos by Alex Levac.

In 2011 she left Maariv and opened Sherry Herring, a salted herring sandwich stand in the Tel Aviv Port market. She was married to actor Alex Ansky, and they have 2 children, Michal and Hillel. She later had a son, Haim, with photographer Alex Levac, and they separated in 2014.