Tova Mirvis

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Twenty-First Century Jewish Literature by Women in the US

Twenty-first-century Jewish women’s writing in the United States is wide-ranging in genre and topic. In this body of literature, we can find insightful and nuanced stories of contemporary American life as well as fiction that delves into lost or forgotten Jewish histories. From a female Spinoza to a female golem, a strong feminist ethic is pervasive in these writings.

Tova Mirvis

Tova Mirvis

In her novels, Tova Mirvis returns to the themes of characters living in Orthodox communities while struggling with their faith.
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/mirvis-tova
Tova and The Book of Separation
September 26, 2017

Tova Mirvis’ Journey from Orthodoxy to Memoir

Tova Mirvis

Tova Mirvis is the author of the recently released The Book of Separation, a memoir chronicling her growing doubts about her Orthodox faith and her ultimate decision to leave after forty years in the community.

Topics: Judaism-Orthodox, Memoirs
https://jwa.org/blog/tova-mirvis-journey-from-orthodoxy-to-memoir
Tova Mirvis
June 10, 2015

Video Interview with Tova Mirvis

Tara Metal

Welcome to the JWA Book Club! We are excited to gather today to discuss Tova Mirvis's novel, Visible City.

Topics: Fiction
https://jwa.org/blog/bookclub/book-club-meeting-tova-mirvis
Tara Metal Reads "The Boston Girl"
January 7, 2015

Announcing the JWA Book Club

Tara Metal

Chances are, no two people reading this post have the same favorite book. From month to month, I don’t even have the same favorite book—my tastes range from nonfiction crime thrillers to mid-century poetry, and hit quite a few unusual notes in between. I seek out novels I can get lost in. I like all kinds of mythology and the occasional graphic novel. Choosing what to read next can be overwhelming and generally, I need a little guidance.

Topics: Fiction, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Publishing
https://jwa.org/blog/bookclub/announcing-jwa-book-club
"The Shawl" Front Cover by Cynthia Ozick
May 7, 2012

Who would Cynthia Ozick’s Edelshtein envy now?

Margie Newman

Reading Adam Kirsch’s excellent piece in Tablet on Isaac Bashevis Singer reminded me of my all-time favorite short story, Cynthia Ozick’s “Envy, or Yiddish in America,” wherein the hilariously bitter Edelshtein is obsessed with Yankel Ostrover (a Singer-like figure), consumed by the fact that Ostrover has obtained mainstream adulation through having his Yiddish writing translated into English.  

Topics: Fiction
https://jwa.org/blog/who-would-cynthia-ozick-s-edelshtein-envy-now
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Anglo-Jewish Writers in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Anglo-Jewish women writers have been active creators within the British literary arena since the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The 1960s and 1970s saw the emergence of a number of Jewish female voices, although it was not until the 1990s that the works of Jewish women writers began to be recognized as part of the British literary canon. Anglo-Jewish women writers’ multifaceted perspectives are reflected in a literary production characterized by experimentation and fragmentation.

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