Limor Shreibman-Sharir (born 1954) (

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: לימור שרייבמן-שריר) is an Israeli writer and physician. She was

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in 1973 and placed fifth in the

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pageant.

Biography

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

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

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

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high school, Schreibman was drafted into the

Israeli army The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branch ...

. In 1973, she won Israel's beauty queen

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. She was sent as a contestant to the

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

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who had been promoted to Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces.

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

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

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 ( he, המרכז הרפואי ע"ש חיים שיבא – תל השומר), also Tel HaShomer Hospital, is the largest hospital in Israel, located in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan at Tel HaSho ...

, where she worked for several years. Today she is a member of

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. Since 2010–2011, 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 ( he, אגודת הסופרים העברים במדינת ישראל, previously אגודת הסופרים העבריים בארץ ישראל or אגודת הסופרים העבריים) is a professional as ...

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

, 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

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

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

1982 Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

. 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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, Jewish Quarter, 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.

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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