On Wednesday October 22, the juniors in this year's "Meet the Israeli Author" program had their first discussion and Q&A with noted Israeli author Chana Bat Shahar. It was kicked off by opening remarks from Rabbi Taubes, thanking the author and congratulating her on winning her most recent literary award, "The Goldberg Prize for Outstanding Hebrew Literature". After this, Mrs. Rosenberg, MTA Hebrew Department Coordinator, spoke about how the journals that are completed by the students at the end of the year will be put in the research department of the National Library of Israel, and she then presented last year's journals to the members of last year's "Meet the Author" class who are now seniors. After the celebration by the seniors on their completed journals that reflected their hard work last year, the juniors got to ask a few questions of Chana, ranging from "Do you follow basketball or soccer" to "Has living in Israel affected the way you write", before starting their first literary discussion. This discussion was about the introduction of a story, presenting the first few paragraphs, and how to start off a work by grabbing the reader's interest. The juniors left in suspense for the next discussion, as the "Meet the Israeli Author 2014" got off to a great start.