Helene Meyers
Even with all its tsuris [Yiddish for trouble, and not the good kind], 2020 had some bright spots for Jewish feminists.
7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2020
Author: Helene Meyers
Helene Meyers is Professor of English and McManis University Chair at Southwestern University. She is the author, most recently, of Identity Papers: Contemporary Narratives of American Jewishness and is working on a book about Jewish American cinema.
7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2019
Helene Meyers
From Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Bella Abzug, to Tiffany Haddish, #MeToo and local politics.
7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2018
Helene Meyers
Amidst sexism and antisemitism, Jewish feminist hope, grit, and creative resistance rose up in 2018.
When an Accused Sexual Harasser is an Academic Superstar
Helene Meyers
To what extent will we able to separate the research from the researcher, and should we? With what sort of contextualizing footnotes do we now cite his work?
Why Did I Cry for Philip Roth?
Helene Meyers
Despite my cool, carefully cultivated critical distance on Philip Roth, the man and the writer, I found myself sobbing at the news that his heart had finally failed him. It was as if I had lost a family member. Why?
Academic Grief: A Satire
Helene Meyers
To be eligible for flowers, faculty members must have served for at least 10 years. Lilies and white roses are reserved for full professors and endowed chairs.
Our Bodies, Our Memories, Our Poetry: A Review of Lesléa Newman’s “Lovely”
Helene Meyers
Lesléa Newman is a woman of a certain age and her new volume of poetry revels in that fact.
7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2017
Helene Meyers
Jewish feminist manna to help us resist and persist.
Billie Jean Beats Bobby: Watching Battle of the Sexes in Trumpian Times
Helene Meyers
Returning to the battles of the 1970s in 2017 can give us some of the strength and insight we need to beat the contemporary pigs in suits who carry torches.
The Misogyny of Menashe
Helene Meyers
Reviewers are praising this Yiddish-language film as being universal. But is that “universality” really just misogyny?