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Event #7: Behind the Restaurant, Behind the Book
Photos by Dana Laura Lavi When: Sunday, November 16, 2014 The most interesting part of almost any creation is the person or people behind it. Meet the restaurateurs behind two Jerusalem restaurants...
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Why Am I Doing This?
Whenever I think about all the amazing events going on around Jerusalem, I ask myself why I’m planning events when so many others are doing the same. I have a mess of answers that flood my brain when...
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Five Things that Make the Jerusalem Encounters Enjoyable
A few months ago, during one of my many moments of questioning myself, a friend suggested I make a list of the five reasons people probably enjoyed the reading evening at Tmol Shilshom that had just...
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Choosing Life by Leah Tenenbaum
My aunt Leahle was one of the special guests at the last Jerusalem Encounter, “Oh, the Places We’ve Been!” Thank you so much, Leahle, for sharing your story with us and allowing me to share it here....
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Dear family, nothing to report
By Deena Levenstein, this is adapted from a letter written to family in August 2014 a few hours after arriving in Budapest on a weekend trip with Devora, her reliable travel partner, and sister too....
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Light, Darkness and the Miracles in Between – a Reading Evening Lit by...
A Hanukkah Candle-Lit Reading and Music Evening at Tmol Shilshom Looking at the Hanukkah candles is intended to evoke contemplation of the miraculous. Join us for an evening at Tmol Shilshom lit by...
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Love and Lack Thereof Part II! – A One Year Celebration
Jerusalem Encounters and Tmol Shilshom invite you to an intimate and fun evening on February 15, 2015 on the topic of “Love and Lack Thereof.” This is actually a part two, exactly one year after the...
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Jerusalem Culture? Not an Oxymoron and Not What You Think – a panel at Limmud...
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, I moderated a panel on the topic of Jerusalem culture at Limmud Jerusalem 2015. In this panel, three key players in the cultural scene of Jerusalem and a tourism expert...
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Just Writing Meetup #2
Monday, October 19, 2015, 8 am After a successful first meetup, the early birds among you are invited to participate in a unique writing experience: just sit and write alongside other people who are...
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Just Writing Meetup #1
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, we had the first Just Writing meetup. Around 35 writers of different languages and genres sat in Tmol Shilshom literary cafe and wrote alongside each other for an hour....
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