Liora Moriel

Liora Moriel was born in Israel, grew up in Canada, and returned for college. She was active in the Israeli feminist and LGBT movements before moving to the United States with her partner to earn her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at University of Maryland College Park (2003); she retired from teaching in 2013, after publishing a dozen acclaimed articles in academic journals. Moriel produced the International Women’s Music Festival in Beersheba, Israel, in 1986 and the Festinegev World Music Festival there in 1990.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Liora Moriel." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/moriel-liora>.