Jewish Women's Poetry

    Jewish women writers have perceived differently from their male counterparts--whether in their experience of immigration, their understanding of Israel, or their responses to the Shoah.  
     The topics below explore the voices of Jewish women.

Emma Lazarus (1849-1887 ): Writing as a Jewish Woman in America

Immigration: Jewish Women's Poetry

Jewish Women Poets: Imagining Israel (1840-1998)

The Shoah and Jewish Women's Poetry

Grace Aguilar (1816-1847)

Amy Levy (1861-1889)

Emma Lazarus and Adrienne Rich (1929- )