Childhood and Family
Ida was born in 1934 in Vilna to parents Masha and Meir Shalit, a younger sister to Dora, Boris (Bra) and Mordechai (Motek) and Reuven and Benjamin. The two older brothers were murdered by the Nazis.
From the age of five to eleven she went through the hardships of the war in Vilnius. Rescued by escape from the ghetto, into forests and hiding places of Polish peasants.
On the day of the Red Army's occupation of Vilnius, her father was killed by a German bomb. Stories based on her memories were published in her book "There".
In 1951 she immigrated to Israel with the rest of her family. After serving in the army, she married her husband Judah (Micha) Huberman and gave birth to her son Nimrod.
Followings are some details about her life in the country: study, work, creativity and research.
The following pages of the site contain references to her works: articles, books, painting and sculpture.
Work and research
Studies and research
After immigrating to Israel, Ida studied at the "Midrasha - faculty for art teaching" and the "Avni Institute", in the sculpture department.
She completed her master's degree in art history at Tel Aviv University.
Later, she focused on the study of symbols and their significance in Jewish art and published about it.
Teaching and Curatorship
Ida taught painting and art history in high schools and guided creation classes in the complementary education in a number of high schools in Tel Aviv.
Later she continued teaching at colleges: Beit Berl, Oranim, Levinsky and the Hebrew University.
Ida exhibited exhibitions of her works and served as curator of others' exhibitions.
Beit Hatfutsot
In the 1970s, she partnered with Abba Kovner and Eli Ben Gal on a team that designed and established the Beit Hatfutsot Museum.
Her role was to implement the historical and philosophical ideas to a visual display.
After its opening, it continued to engage in curating exhibitions and lectures for the audience and the staff of instructors.