Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson is a freelance journalist based in Mevasseret Zion, Israel.

Her published works, available on Amazon, include:

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* All Quiet on the Midwestern Plains: A Tale of Deception, Betrayal, and Vindication

* The Balancing Game: A Child Between Two Worlds, A Society Approaching War

* Chasing Dreams and Flies: A Tragicomedy of Life in France

* The Diary of Anne Frank (Cliff Notes)

* Levi Koenig: A Contemporary King Lear

* A Ruffled Calm

* Time out of Joint: The Fate of a Family

Shefer-Vanson also is a Hebrew to English translator, with those works on Amazon including:
* The Rainy Day Man by Amnon Jackont
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Fictionalized Account of Thomas Mann’s Life Provides Insights into His Character

Toibin has undertaken extensive research into Mann’s life and works while at the same time imaginatively recreating his conversations with members of his large family, as well as delving into the inner recesses of his mind and the way he drew on his experiences in the creative process of writing the books that made him famous. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Political Protests are Unavailing. At Least, We Can Escape into Music

The political situation in Israel is a cause for concern for most of the people I know. The right-wing government is in thrall to the extremist views of war-mongering, messianic elements whose ultimate aim is territorial expansion. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Secret Recordings of German POWs in WWII Revealed Details of the Holocaust

midst the bragging and boasting by the prisoners about their military prowess were accounts of their actions in the countries they had invaded and the way they had rounded up and massacred the Jewish population there. As one of the editors of the program pointed out, the information was brought to the attention of the Allied leadership, including Churchill, but no action was taken to prevent the continuation of the systematic murder of the Jews of Europe. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson Novels Now Available on Audio

A few weeks ago, Dorothea received at her home office in Mevasseret Zion, Israel, an email from ‘Customer Support’ of KDP, the arm of Amazon which publishes books, telling her that she had been selected to produce the audiobook version of her books using virtual voice narration. [SDJW staff]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Getting Up to Speed with Artificial Intelligence

We were treated to a huge screen and a tiny lecturer who explained to the audience what we were seeing, in a framework of what could be defined as ‘AI for Dummies,’ even though not all those attending should necessarily be described as such. While I don’t regard myself as a dummy, I’m certainly far from understanding what AI is all about. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson[

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology

Dream for Israel is Turning into a Nightmare

I looked forward to living a life of freedom and interest in a country I could call my own, and where I would no longer be part of a minority. I moved to Israel, which I perceived as a country where my life would be free of the constraints of having to conform to a set of values which I did not share. And where the sun shone most of the time. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

A Tour of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation

The Center is situated overlooking the beach at the point where Jaffa joins Tel-Aviv and where young Shimon Persky (later Peres) disembarked from the ship bringing him from Belorussia to Mandatory Palestine in 1934. After studying agriculture at the Ben Shemen school and helping to found Kibbutz Ma’alot in the Jordan valley, Peres was selected by Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, to acquire arms for the nascent State of Israel. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology, Travel and Food

Ukrainian, Israeli, and British Leaders’ Different Approaches to Donald Trump

Events seem to be happening at an ever-increasing pace, both in Israel and in the wider world. This may have something to do with the current occupant of the White House, who appears to have set himself the task of stirring up worldwide anxiety and mayhem, probably in order to gain greater control of everything and everyone. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

The Media and Gaza

The phrase used by the announcer to describe the event was that the three victims “died in captivity.” Yes, those were her exact words! Not ‘murdered’ but ‘died.’ Those words were obviously a feeble attempt to be ‘politically correct,’ and not to point a finger of blame at Hamas. How pathetic can you get? [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, News Media, Obituaries & memorials, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Mann O Mann, Could Thomas Write on Biblical Subjects!

Thomas Mann … set himself the monumental task of tackling the stories of the ancestors of the Jewish people and setting them in their wider context, thereby resurrecting them in a way that draws on archeology, history, geography, comparative religions, philosophy, and psychology to portray the events described in a skeletal manner in the Bible. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Trump’s Gaza Plan Leaves the World Aghast and Confused

One thing is clear about U.S. President Trump’s plan for Gaza: the whole world, except for Israel’s government and the U.S. administration, is united in rejecting the idea. Most vociferous in opposing it are the Arab countries, especially those two (Egypt and Jordan) slated to accept the Gazans who agree to leave that benighted piece of real estate. So much for Arab solidarity. Not to mention human compassion in the rest of the world. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA