Shira Pasternak Be'eri, at The Blogs

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

May 23, 2018, 12:23 AM

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Hello, my Jerusalem home

View of one of the new projects being built in Arnona (Courtesy: Shira Pasternak Be'eri)

I didn't know if we'd ever be able to buy in our neighborhood, but timing and good fortune miraculously aligned

Apr 17, 2018, 11:43 PM

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When the siren sounds on Mount Herzl

At Israel's military cemetery, the crowd shares a common history, fate, purpose, and deadline: to be at a grave by 11 am

Jan 31, 2018, 3:41 AM

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An SOS for Israel’s palm trees

An afflicted palm tree on Rabbenu Politi Street in Jerusalem (Photo: Shira Pasternak Be’eri)

Browning leaves, collapsing crowns, stunted growth: The red palm weevil is wreaking havoc across the country

Jan 8, 2018, 8:19 AM

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Pictures from the promenade

A year ago, 4 soldiers were murdered in this magical place, where our past meets our present and colors our future

Nov 4, 2017, 11:35 PM

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When your child embarks on a new derech

My sons' departure from Orthodoxy confronted me with what felt like a colossal Jewish parenting fail

Jul 26, 2017, 11:07 PM

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Dire straits

How ordinary passers-by along a Jerusalem promenade allowed her to escape the feeling that the city is about to ignite

May 25, 2017, 1:19 AM

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Saturday the mukhtar stayed home

On the day when the Jews of south Jerusalem met to discuss coexistence and came away disappointed -- yet inspired

Apr 9, 2017, 7:42 PM

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This seder, remember #HadarAndOron

She stands with the families awaiting their boys' return, and is campaigning for everyone to join in on seder night

Jan 17, 2017, 2:03 AM

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A promenade of gold

A pledge to return to the once peaceful paths linking Jewish and Arab Jerusalem, for if coexistence is possible, it must be here

Jan 5, 2017, 8:45 AM

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Mission accomplished

Her son and his friends had a little idea that got really, really big

About Me

Shira Pasternak Be'eri is a Jerusalem-based editor and translator. She is married to Leonard (aka Eliezer) and is the proud mom of three boys, two of whom are soldiers in the IDF. Born and raised in New York, she has been living in Israel since 1982. And yes, she is Velvel Pasternak's daughter.