Category Archives: Characters

Our Inner Gilad Shalit

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Judy Labensohn

     I’ve been wondering what it is about the Gilad Shalit story that captures the imagination of Israelis so much so that we want to know if he ate ketchup with the schnitzel and chips at his first supper home. … Continue reading →

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Abby Frucht at The Studio

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Judy Labensohn

Yesterday, Sept. 4, 2011, in The Studio created and managed by novelist Evan Fallenberg in Bitah Aharon, a  moshav north of Netanya, Abby Frucht lead a one-day writing class for sixteen talented Anglo-Israeli writers. Frucht has been teaching at Vermont College … Continue reading →

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May 2008 Newsletter

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Judy Labensohn

creating community for English writers in Israel Contents Goings On Your publications and Awards The Writing Life 1. Goings On The Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Bar-Ilan University is sponsoring a 3-day seminar in Jerusalem on creative … Continue reading →

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