This undated photo provided by Elinor Shahar Personal Management on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 shows jewelry designer Moran Yanai. Moran Stela Yanai’s family is speaking about the Israeli woman who loved making jewelry and protecting animals. Her brother-in-law, Dan Mor, says in an interview that the family was alarmed over the weekend when she disappeared from a desert rave after Hamas’ incursion into Israel from the Gaza Strip. T (Elinor Shahar Personal Management via AP)
Delicate pearls peek out from silver and stainless steel chains — bits of brightness and optimism among Moran Stela Yanai’s jewelry designs that reflected cultures around the world.
Creating art to wear has been Yanai’s joy, but not the only one, her brother-in-law Dan Mor said Thursday in a telephone interview. Yanai, a 40-year-old Israeli who disappeared after a desert rave on Saturday, also fiercely protected people and animals.
“Moran is the softest soul,
