Limor Shreibman-Sharir (; born 1954) is an Israeli writer, physician and beauty pageant titleholder. she was crowned

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1973 and represented her country at

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where she placed 4th runner-up.

Biography

Limor Schreibman (later Sharir) was born and grew up in

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, the daughter of Eliezer Schreibman, a school principal. In 1972, after graduating from

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high school, Schreibman was drafted into the

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. In 1973, she won Israel's beauty queen

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. She was sent as a contestant to the

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contest held in Greece in 1973, where she placed fifth. When the competition was over, she returned to the IDF as a clerk for General

Shmuel Gonen Shmuel "Gorodish" Gonen (; 14 December 1930 – 30 September 1991) was a Polish-born Israeli general and Chief of the Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. Early life Born in Wilno, Poland, to Iudel Gorodishc ...

who had been promoted to Southern Command of the

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Medical career

After completion of her military service, she began to study medicine at

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in Italy. Later, she transferred to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of

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and graduated with a medical degree. Her dissertation was presented to an international conference in New York and subsequently published in the ''Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery''. Schreibman did her

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Sheba Medical Center Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer (), also known as Tel HaShomer Hospital, is the largest hospital in Israel, located in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan in the Tel HaShomer neighborhood, Israel. In 2025, ''Newsweek'' ranked it as ...

, where she worked for several years. Until the

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, she volunteered with the organization

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. Since 2011–2016, she has been the coordinator of a special course at Tel Aviv University's School of Medicine on "literature and medicine." Schreibman is a member in the Israeli Organization for Medical Education.

Literary career

Sharir was a

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advisor for Carmel publishing house. She also sits on the Israeli Council for Culture and Arts in Ministry of Culture and Sport. She is a member of the editing board of "Moznayim" – the monthly Magazine of

Hebrew Writers Association in Israel The Hebrew Writers Association in Israel (, previously אגודת הסופרים העבריים בארץ ישראל or אגודת הסופרים העבריים or אגודת הסופרים העברים במדינת ישראל) is a professional ass ...

and the editor of culture and medicine section of the "Reshet Refua" website. Schreibman-Sharir's book "God and Elvira" published in 2005 in

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, was translated into

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and published in Italy in 2012.

Published works

*The House on the Lake, Yedioth Books. 2004. :Four childhood friends growing up in the villages at the foot of Wolfgang Lake.

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area,

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before

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. In 1938, the world they knew changed when Germany occupied Austria, and they became citizens of

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. Reading their thoughts and deeds we learn about the attitude of the Austrians toward

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and various ethical and political issues through the eyes of the protagonists, non-Jewish Austrians. *God and Elvira, Carmel Publishing House, 2005. *Red Wildberries, Carmel Publishing House, 2007. :The story takes place in the State of Israel in the 1990s, before the

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. Darya, an educated and assertive woman, a lecturer of

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is single, without children and full of contradictions. *The Gold and Silver Dunes, Carmel Publishing House, 2008. :A collection of twenty two stories occurring in different places in Israel (

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, south

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) and the world (Paris,

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, Salzburg,

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and

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). *Menagerie of Fantasies, Carmel Publishing House, 2009. :The human

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described by animals with

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s by the author. *Marrakesh Secrets, Carmel Publishing House, 2010. :The plot takes place in the days of king

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. Naim is a twelve-year-old boy living with his parents in

. His father, Mahmud Laishi, a journalist and editor of "Morocco News" was murdered due to his political views. Morocco is depicted as a wild country, full of magic and

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, sex and submission to the monarchic dictatorship. *Martin Buber: Close look – A conversation with Prof. Judith Buber-Agassi, Carmel Publishing House, 2011. :A biographical-philosophical book based on Limor Sharir's conversations with Prof. Judith Buber-Agassi,

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's granddaughter. This is a personal story about an eminent Jewish family in the German world of the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century.Professor Margolin, Ron (30 September 2009)
"The Unknown Buber"

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*Reflections – Letters to imaginary heroes in my books and life, Carmel Publishing House, 2013. : Shreir corresponds with the protagonists of her previously published works. She explains her motivations for writing, penetrates the souls of the protagonists, and reveals the connection between herself and them. The book also contains six short stories in which she corresponds with characters from her life - some real, some fictional.

References

External links

* Elkayam, Liat (7 September 2013).
"Miss Israel's journey of fame and terror"

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Limor Schreibman-Sharir books
in 'Simania' site
Limor Schreibman-Sharir
in Carmel publishing house * Rubin, Noga (June 2013)
An interview with Schreibman-Sharir
Kolot, issue no. 6, pp. 8–10.
Her articles in "Reshet Refua"
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