Meryll Levine Page is the older sister if you haven’t already guessed.

Meryll attended Columbus School for Girls and then, to balance the scales, entered Yale with the first class of women. Second year college found Meryll in Jerusalem at Hebrew University and she graduated from the University of Minnesota the following year. Her first attempt at a Masters Degree in Arabic was terminated by a Department of Defense funding cut. Arabic didn’t qualify as a critical language. After teaching fifteen years, Meryll earned her Masters degree from the College of St. Thomas (now University) in Education.

Meryll retired from teaching and has entered the age of “yes, I can do that!” Her activities  include co-facilitating the Minneapolis Jewish Artists’ Lab and consulting for selected projects.  

Meryll has written a compendium of 54 recipes, each linked to the weekly Torah portion accompanied by Torah talk and a series of open ended questions for all ages.  The website, www.tastingtorah.com  is no longer available but Meryll is ready to conduct workshops based on Tasting Torah--on zoom for now but in person as soon as possible. Contact her for more information on workshops or discussions. 

For thirty-nine years Meryll was privileged to teach. Even the hard days were good days and as soon as she opened the door to her classroom, Meryll was energized. Most recently she taught International Baccalaureate History and US History at St. Louis Park Senior High. Many of her special interests converged in researching this book: Russian History, Jewish History,women’s history, and travel. During her career, she also taught Torah, Hebrew language, and English in supplementary Jewish schools, day schools, private schools, and two Minnesota school districts.

Meryll is married to Christopher Page and has five children: Dan and Alissa, Michael and Amy, and Dafna; three grandsons—Zach, George, and Asterius who are part of the retirement activity package. Cliocatra occasionally meows as Leslie and Meryll work. Everyone in the family wants to contribute.