Tel Aviv Short Stories

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Karen Alkalay-Gut pointed me to a YouTube clip about Tel Aviv Short Stories. Published to mark Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary, it is an anthology of stories written by “Anglo-Israelis” – Israelis who are (mostly) native English speakers. They are all set in Tel Aviv, and offer a quirky, unique perspective on this complex, dynamic, creative and never boring city.

Karen warned me the book was selling out fast, but I didn’t believe her until I tried to find a copy. The first six shops I visited were all sold out and planning to order more. One clerk told me that she was amazed by its popularity, given that it was published by a tiny independent publishing house and had received no significant publicity.

The clip (below) is really a lovely promo for the book. Several of the contributors read excerpts from their stories – including Karen, who comes in at about 2 minutes 25 seconds.

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Thanks Lisa, for the promo for Tel Aviv Short stories
if u send me your address I will be happy tomail u a copy of the book on sunday – - i dont know if u remember me but we spoke years ago – after u had just left haaretz and were working on the Tel Aviv city guide (i used to be an editor at the jerusalem post, who went to work at essence for a short time ….
once again, thanks and all the best

shelley goldman

Shelly, it’s all coming back to me now. I do remember our conversation just after I left Haaretz. Hmmm… We should get together for coffee. Thank you for offering to send me a copy, but I did finally find one at a branch of Steimatzky and bought it. I’m reading the stories slowly and enjoying them immensely. What a fabulous job you’ve done in putting this together. Lisa

1. shelley goldman
on March 20th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
The book sounds facinating, I would love to find out if they are doing an audiobook on it. It’s more facinating for me to hear the actual storyteller.

2. Halla
on March 20th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Sounds quite nice!
It’s about time for the ‘reasonable’ Anglos to make themselves heard, as their voice is often drowned by the Anglo settlers and extremists who give that horrible image of Israel.

So Shelley, if you have extra copies lying around…

3. Mo-ha-med
on March 21st, 2009 at 3:44 am