Judy Lev | Author
Teaching
Judy Lev’s Writing Pad
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Pa’amon, a space for cultural events and workshops in Tel Aviv, invites you to
In a Flash with Miriam Mandel Levi
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 10:30 AM – 15:30 PM
A flash story starts small, ignites, and ends with a powerful, emotional burn—all in less than a thousand words. It’s not a long-form narrative squeezed down to size; it’s a form of its own. Flash stories are wildly popular in print journals, online magazines, anthologies, and writing contests.
How do you write compelling flash fiction or nonfiction? How do you plant the seeds for the deep meaning that emerges in such a small space? How do you make your words crackle and snap?
In this day-long workshop, flash writer and Pushcart Prize nominee Miriam Mandel Levi will share her knowledge and experience in this exciting genre.
Together, we’ll read flash narratives and figure out what makes a story or essay iconic. We’ll explore the many innovative forms flash can take. With prompts and guided exercises, you will create your own flash stories and essays.
Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your craft, this workshop will give you the inspiration and tools to create stories that are both spare and spectacular.
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Miriam Mandel Levi is a speech-language pathologist turned writer and editor. Her flash stories have appeared in Chautauqua, Random Sample, Sky Island, JMWW, MoonPark, Flash Frog, River Teeth, Under the Gum Tree, andBending Genres and have been nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net awards. She lives in Bet Shemesh and is an editor at Under the Sun: A Journal of Creative Nonfiction.
Place: Pa’amon is located at the edge of Florentine in Tel Aviv at 23 Eliphelet St., corner of Eliphelet and Eilat. A 60-second walk from the Eliphelet Light Rail Station.
Cost: NIS 510 (NIS 440 for students)
To register: Inform Judy Lev at judylev45@gmail.com of your interest. Send a non-refundable down payment of NIS 110 via BIT (Tel. 0522966194) to reserve your place. The remaining NIS 400 can be paid by August 20th via BIT or a bank transfer. (Email Judy for details.)
Maximum participants: 9
Minimum participants: 4
Cancellations: Until August 27th with full return, minus the down payment. From August 27th there will be a partial reimbursement, depending on waiting list.
Judy Lev is the name chosen by writer Judy Labensohn in 2022, before the publication of her first book, Our Names Do Not Appear, a memoir (Lioness Books, 2023). Lev’s second book, Bethlehem Road: stories of immigration and exile, will launch on October 21, 2025 with She Writes Press, distribution by Simon & Schuster. Since the 1990’s Judy has been a forerunner of promoting informal creative writing classes in English in Israel. She founded The Writing Gym and The Writing Pad from 2002-2019 in Jerusalem, Moshav Beit Zayit and Tel Aviv.
Over the past five years when The Writing Pad was closed, Lev kept busy with singing lessons, dance improv classes, piano lessons and yoga. Since October 2023, she has written “Epistles from Israel” on Substack. (www.Judylabensohn.substack.com) Feel free to visit and subscribe. Currently, she lives with her partner David in Haifa. For more information, and to pre-order Bethlehem Road, visit www.JudyLev.com
In April 2025, thanks to the initiative of Reva Mann, Judy led a one-week writing retreat on the Greek island of Paros. Re-opening The Writing Pad in Tel Aviv’s Pa’amon is a tribute to the wonderful group that participated in “Prose on Paros.”
Pa’amon Photo by Yael Romm
Save the Date for Future Classes at The Writing Pad at Pa’amon:
Wednesday, December 10th
Amital Stern (something haunted, with scenes from movies)
Stay tuned for future events at Pa’amon in January, February and March and . . .