Deena's home online

Hey! I’m so happy that you’ve come to visit.

So, about me.

My name is Deena Levenstein and I was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 30, 1979. At the age of 11, my parents picked the five of us kids up and we moved to Jerusalem. In 1999 another beloved sister joined the clan to make us six.

I graduated from an art high school where I majored in music/piano. Then I did one year of Israeli national service (that’s the alternative option from army service for girls with Orthodox backgrounds) and then I studied Judaism in a Yeshiva. After that I got my bachelor’s of science in nutrition from the Hebrew University.

I didn’t have to work in nutrition for long in order to know quite definitely that it was not for me. I’ve since done quite a few different things but writing is what I love most.

In 2006 I moved back to Canada when I felt the need to “go somewhere totally new.” I chose Vancouver, B.C.

In September 2009, after spending just over three years in Vancouver, I moved back to Jerusalem, Israel. Within around two months, Vera Resnick and I began a website together, called HaBitza.com, that focuses on the world of dating. I’m also working on a couple other writing projects.