Moshe David is the eighth generation of jewelers, who immigrated to Israel from Bayhan in the south of Yemen. His daughter, Aviya David, a graduate of the “Bezalel Academy for Art and Design” is the ninth generation.

Already at the age of 13 Moshe David began his first steps as a silversmith in “Maskit,” as an apprentice to his uncle, the famous artist Moshe Ben David. From his father, the artist Tzadok David, he acquired the traditional Bayhan techniques, including filigree work.

In 1988 he studied in Paris with Sophia Rodriguez who worked for Karl Lagerfeld but most of his vast knowledge is self acquired and self researched.

Over the years he designed jewelry and gifts for world leaders. In 1993 he was chosen by Reuma Weizman, wife of the President of Israel, to design jewelry for the Office of the President, including gifts for Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth of England, Queen Sofia of Spain, Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the wives of the Presidents of France and Egypt. In 1994, on the occasion of the signing of the Peace Treaty between Israel and Jordan, he designed the gifts, which were given to Queen Noor of Jordan and Hillary Clinton, wife of the President of the United States of America.

Moshe David’s creations are sold in galleries all over the world, such as at the Jewish Museum in New York the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, where he exhibited his work in 2005.

Moshe David’s interest in ancient techniques and jewelry has led him, since 1990, to research silversmithing and goldsmithing techniques, as well as the customs, the clothing and the ceremonies of the Bayhan Jews.