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Alice Shalvi

Alice Shalvi , a feminist activist and social advocate, has lived in Israel since 1949. She is professor emerita of English literature at The Hebrew University, where she taught from 1950 until 1990. Among her numerous awards, she was given the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2007. Her memoir, Never a Native, was recently published.

I Pass This on to You

Alice ShalviNovember 1, 2019

Now that I have grown old and reached the venerable age of 93, I live more in the past than in the present. With physical activity restricted by what has been a gradual waning of bodily strength, I of necessity spend more time alone, my contemporaries no longer alive, the younger generations too preoccupied with their own current issues, both personal and professional.