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What I Found at the Best Book Sale of the Year

JL;DR SUMMARY Rivka Bennun Kay shares her experiences and discoveries at Shavua HaSefer HaIvri, an annual Hebrew book sale in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Children's BooksBook CultureHebrew BooksFallen SoldiersLiterary EventRabbanit Yemima MizrachiShavua HaseferRivka Bennun Kay

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I wrote about Shavua HaSefer HaIvri (The Week of the Hebrew Book), an annual book sale that takes place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during the month of June."
Jerusalem, Israel
"I wrote about Shavua HaSefer HaIvri (The Week of the Hebrew Book), an annual book sale that takes place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during the month of June."
Maale Adumim, Jerusalem, Israel
"From Maaliot, the official publishing house for Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Maale Adumim, Rav Kooks Orot HaTefillah."
Israel
"When I wrote about it last year, Israel was in the midst of a brief war with Iran."

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