The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part five

We have stories! Today they finished writing them so the meeting was mainly about writing, prompting and writing again. Ilan asked me to bring the box, “It has a magical influence,” he said. It does. As they wrote I was looking for a matchbox Nathalie told me about and I found it. Two of the [...]

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The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part four

By now we have a bunch of 15 raw stories. Some of them need polishing; others are looking for a sufficient ending. Since we knew that this time we will have only one hour to work with the kids, we decided to do two things – find a creative expression that will travel together with [...]

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The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part three – the box arrives!

I was overwhelmed by my own excitement when the box arrived. Although aware of the power of its mechanism, it influenced me and Ilan all the same. It arrived and immediately I sent Ilan an SMS “tell them the box is here”. I had to leave home and an hour later received a call from [...]

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The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part two

We managed to pass the threshold. We had fifteen eight grade students in front of us, most of them boys. They were feeling uncomfortable still, shooting remarks at each other across the room. I moved forward and presented them Kevin’s two prompting requests “Tell us a story about being “boxed” in. Tell us a story [...]

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The StoryBox Project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part one

Several years ago I asked Kevin Cordy for the StoryBox to arrive to Israel. Several years later, here it is.
Since the box can stay for only a short while, I decided to keep it close to where I live and find a class educated by a storyteller. Ilan Inbar, a colleague of mine who educates [...]

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Nobel Prize for Storytelling

As people around the world are trying to re-frame President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize especially around hope, it suddenly occurred to me that maybe, finally, someone is receiving this prestigious award for great storytelling!

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Wishes for a lovely New Year

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What is that?

This reminded me of two stories, one of them a Tunisian story I’ve heard from Ofra Kipnis which you better hear from her and one of them told by my father. He told me that when I was really young we came back from the park one day and my mother, who saw I was sobbing asked [...]

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WSD on the Jerusalem Post

I was happy to see our event mentioned on the Jerusalem Post.

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Who will benefit from the existence of great storytellers?

I’m pondering this question lately. Before you continue reading it is important to emphasize – this post is an attempt to raise an honest discussion, without excluding anyone, without passing judgment or classifying.
The word ’storytelling’ has become common. It is used by many to describe what they do – storytellers. Who? This is a very [...]

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