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יום שני נפגשים בשרונה להמשיך לקרוא יחדיו ולנהל דיון על הספר: **The Ominous Parallels** נכתב על ידי לאונרד פיקוף ויצא לאור בשנת 1982. הספר סוקר את התרבות והאקלים הפילוסופי בגרמניה שהוביל לעליית הנאציזם ולשואה. הספר מציג כיצד תהליכים תרבותיים ופילוסופים דומים מתחוללים בארה״ב ובמערב. את הספר נקרא באנגלית והדיון יתקיים בעברית. את המפגש יוביל אייר רייכל, עמית מרכז איין ראנד בישראל ההשתפות כרוכה בתרומה למרכז איין ראנד בישראל. 20 ש"ח למפגש. חינם: למשתתפים שתורמים תרומה קבועה של 50 ש"ח ומעלה בחודש. [קישור לתרומה](https://www.aynrand.org.il/donate) מלאי ספרים לרכישה אמור להגיע בקרוב. מיקום: וויוורק שרונה מרקט הוראות כניסה: יש להיכנס בכניסה א' של שרונה מרקט, מול מסעדת "מקסיקנה" יש דלת לחדר מדרגות, יש לעלות לקומה ה3 ולצלצל לפתיחת הדלת לאייר רייכל 050-5210025. ניתן להגיע באמצעות הרכבת הקלה - תחנת יהודית. למגיעים ברכב, חניה מומלצת ב"חניון פלטיניום" (מופיע בוייז). או בחניון "מילניום" (שקצת רחוק יותר) ב10 ש"ח עם אפליקציית סנטרל פארק. לתיאום הגעה בפעם הראשונה ולמתלבטים ניתן ליצור קשר עם אייר בטלפון ובוואטסאפ 050-5210025

AI is changing the rules of full-stack engineering, raising new questions about scope, responsibility, and impact. ​If you’re a full-stack or platform engineer building products today (or about to), this meetup is for you. We’ll explore how AI is reshaping the role from two complementary angles: * ​What’s next: how AI is changing full-stack roles, product surfaces, and the tools we use to build them, as intelligence moves closer to the user experience. * ​How it’s actually done: how platform teams build real AI capabilities at scale, beyond “let’s add AI and see what happens.” ​Come for the insights, stay for the discussion. We're excited to welcome you!

TAMI open-fa-sure (Open Night) is a great time to visit the space and get to know how things work. If you want to double check whether someone is in the space, call 03-3726660. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

באו לתקן כל מה שלא עובד. יותר טוב אם [צרו איתנו](https://docs.telavivmakers.space/welcome) קשר וספרו לנו מה הולכים לתקן ךפני להגיע. Come to fix together It is much better if you [contact us](https://docs.telavivmakers.space/welcome) and tell what do you want to repair before coming.

H 7 Networking Israel הסניף הישראלי של רשת הנטוורקינג העסקי הבינ"ל - 7 H. יזמים, פרילנסרים ובעלי עסקים המבקשים להתחיל או להרחיב את הפעילות הבינלאומית שלהם בתחום ה B2B, לפגוש בעלי עסקים אחרים בעולם, עמיתים וספקים, מוזמנים להצטרף לרשת נט-וורקינג דינאמית ואפקטיבית. חברות בקבוצה מאפשרת השתתפות במפגשים של קבוצות אחרות בעולם (בעיקר ארה"ב ) וגישה למאגר מידע וקורסים עשיר. המפגשים נערכים און ליין. מוזמנים להרשם למפגש ניסיון ראשון (בתיאום מראש בלבד). על מנת לקבל זימון לפגישה יש להרשם בלינק הבא: https://nirmako.com/h7-israel/

REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/A68SgSByM9jZn6Lz7 **What to Expect** Join the **Jerusalem JCE AI Meetup Group** for an evening at the cutting edge of video synthesis. We are excited to host **Naomi Ken Korem**, a Senior Researcher at Lightricks, for a deep dive into the next phase of generative media. While Text-to-Video models have become widely accessible, the industry's greatest challenge is moving from "random results" to "precise control." This lecture provides a professional overview of how we are bridging that gap. **Agenda:** * **The Evolution of Video AI:** A journey through the history and current state of Text-to-Video technology. * **Control-Driven Generation:** Why prompts aren't enough and how we achieve precision using **LoRA** and **Attention** mechanisms. * **Industry Insights:** Conceptual breakdown of the core technologies driving the industry today. **Who is this for?** This session is specifically tailored for M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence students, developers, and researchers looking for high-level conceptual insights into modern video architectures without a deep dive into code. **Event Schedule:** * **18:00:** Doors Open & Networking * **18:15:** Guest Lecture by Naomi Ken Korem * **19:00:** Q&A and Professional Discussion

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. Each meet is in one of two formats: a shared reading and open discussion of philosophical texts, or a continuing series of lectures based on the reading of a fascinating book of philosophy. Both formats are in Hebrew, with some reading of English texts, assisted whenever needed. We meet weekly Friday on 80 Rokach Boulevard, Tel Aviv, at the gardens of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JeAa2uRNTlF0rdrVTLzUC0?mode=wwt Note: there's always enough sitting room, but some of it is on the grass or a mat on the floor. If you want to guarantee yourself a chair, please bring one with you. Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

Читательский клуб по книге Флобера «госпожа Бовари». Мы обсудим все важные темы, исторический контекст и жизнь автора, чтобы лучше понять и почувствовать этот роман. Я придерживаюсь позиции, что нет неправильных мнений на литературу❤️

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. We will be reading and discussing a fascinating philosophical text in English. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CDjIJ8i1LZsJ2a7WJXFxhG?mode=wwt Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

**Cup'n'Cone workshop. Basics of caring for your bicycle.** You will get hands-on experience doing 1\. Regular inspection; 2\. Adjusting brakes; 3\. Adjusting gear shifting; 4\. Fixing a flat tyre on Shabbat; 5\. Servicing and tensioning unsealed bearings\. Entrance fee: free; 40 ILS donation to the space suggested.

## Details Hi everyone, ⚠️ You need to join the Whatssapp community and get a confirmation on WhatssApp that there are still spots available in order to be able to attend. You can join the chess community here by filling the form: https://chessbarisrael.com/#join-us The next edition tournament will take place on **Tuesday.** 📍 **Where:** Masaryk Wine & Flowers, **80 King George St, Tel Aviv** 📅 **When:** 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM ♟️ **Format:** 5 rounds of 8+2 (Rapid) OR Meet & Play (depends on which Tuesday) 🥇 **Prizes:** * **Top Winners:** bottles of wine * **Best Under 1500/800:** 1 hour of private chess lesson * **Sandwich for a randomly picked player** ✨ **How does it work?** This is a friendly, unofficial event (not reported to FIDE) and part of a **bi-weekly series of tournaments** held in bars around Tel Aviv. ⚠️ There is an entrance fee for the event including the first free drink and prizes! **Spots are limited!** ⚠️ You need to join the Whatssapp community and get a confirmation on WhatssApp that there are still spots available in order to be able to attend. Olivier 🎉

Join us for some focused writing time. All writers and all experience levels are welcome and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing done and meeting other writers in your area. When you show up, say hello to everyone, grab a drink, and get your writing tools ready. Once you’re all settled, take some time to chat with your fellow writers. Once everyone’s arrived, I will lead quick introductions and then set the timer for our quiet and focused writing session. Afterward, we’ll have time to chat and get to know each other. We often talk about our successes and challenges as writers. If you don’t have time to stick around, no worries! **A note about the format** We don’t host critiques or readings. These events are a safe space for writers of all skill levels and genres to work on their craft, so no one will read or critique your writing. For our full event schedule, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com). **Other Important Details:** WiFi name/password: TBD Venue Guidelines: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation as we discuss ***Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World* by Naomi Klein** Here's the summary: What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you’d devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience―she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent but whose name and public persona were sufficiently similar to her own that many people got confused about who was who. Destabilized, she lost her bearings, until she began to understand the experience as one manifestation of a strangeness many of us have come to know but struggle to define: AI-generated text is blurring the line between genuine and spurious communication; New Age wellness entrepreneurs turned anti-vaxxers are scrambling familiar political allegiances of left and right; and liberal democracies are teetering on the edge of absurdist authoritarianism, even as the oceans rise. Under such conditions, reality itself seems to have become unmoored. Is there a cure for our moment of collective vertigo? Naomi Klein is one of our most trenchant and influential social critics, an essential analyst of what branding, austerity, and climate profiteering have done to our societies and souls. Here she turns her gaze inward to our psychic landscapes, and outward to the possibilities for building hope amid intersecting economic, medical, and political crises. With the assistance of Sigmund Freud, Jordan Peele, Alfred Hitchcock, and bell hooks, among other accomplices, Klein uses wry humor and a keen sense of the ridiculous to face the strange doubles that haunt us―and that have come to feel as intimate and proximate as a warped reflection in the mirror. Combining comic memoir with chilling reportage and cobweb-clearing analysis, Klein seeks to smash that mirror and chart a path beyond despair. Doppelganger What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now―and an intellectual adventure story for our times. **Let’s meet at Caboose Commons in Fairfax to enjoy some good discussion and meet new friends.**

Join the North Bethesda Fiction Readers in a discussion of Hernan Diaz's *[Trust](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hernan-diaz/trust-diaz/)* on Martin Luther King Jr Holiday, Monday, January 19. Kirkus Reviews describes the novel as "a tale of wealth, love, and madness told in four distinct but connected narratives." We will meet in the common area of a condominium association. I will send more detailed information to registrants about how to find us. (The concierge will not likely be helpful.) If the common area is not attractive to us, we will meet in the organizer's apartment. There is metered parking on the street; however, because of the holiday, you do not have to feed the meter

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation as we discuss ***Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It* by Cory Doctorow** Here's the summary: **Explaining the process of the “enshittification” of digital platforms over time and what to do about it.** Cory Doctorow's *Enshittification* takes a witty yet incisive look at the tech landscape, where platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and Google start off great—before they inevitably turn terrible. In this contemporary moment of digital decline, Doctorow explores how tech giants lure users in with convenience and then degrade their services over time, squeezing profit at the cost of user experience. With a mix of sharp humor and deep insight, he unveils the slow creep of "enshittification," turning the online world into a worse place, one algorithm at a time. **Let’s meet at Caboose Commons in Fairfax to enjoy some good discussion and meet new friends.**

North Bethesda Fiction Readers, put your hold on this book NOW if you get your books from a public library. It's still in demand. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award for Fiction in 2023. The novel tells the story of a single house in New England over centuries. While on its face, it is a work of historical fiction, [Kirkus Reviews](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/daniel-mason/north-woods-mason/) calls it "magical." We will meet in the common area of a condominium association that is called The Gallery at White Flint. The organizer will greet everyone at the entrance. If the seating at the fireplace across from the main entrance is not appealing, we will convene in the organizer's unit. Look for a message a week before the date of discussion for more details on how to find us. There is metered parking across the street. Because February 16 is a national holiday, you don't have to feed the meter.