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Miriyam Glazer is professor of literature at the American Jewish University, where she heads the Communication Arts department and co-chairs the program in Jewish and World Civilization. An eclectic scholar whose books include the landmark collection of Israeli women's writing, Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers as well as Dancing on the Edge of the World : Jewish Stories of Love, Faith, and Inspiration , Rabbi Glazer has published many essays and book chapters on Jewish literature, as well as on nature, gender, and spirituality in Judaism and Jewish culture. Her study guides and Torah commentaries have been translated into Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish; and most recently was included in the Reform movement's new The Torah: A Women's Commentary . Rabbi Glazer, a dedicated foodie and lover of the lore of the Jewish year, recently collaborated with her sister, Tel Aviv-based culinary writer Phyllis Glazer, on the widely praised The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking: 200 Seasonal Holiday Recipes and Their Traditions ; the team has written, as well, for Bon Appetit.
Editor of The Bedside Torah : Wisdom, Visions, and Dreams , by Bradley Shavit Artson, Miriyam Glazer is currently at work on two major projects: a new translation and spiritually-oriented commentary on the Psalms of the Jewish Liturgy, written in honor of Dr. David L. Lieber, and to be published by Aviv Press next year; and her memoir, Judaism, Wars, and Womanhood, the writing of which has been supported by a Hadassh-Brandeis Institute grant.
Rabbi Glazer serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Rabbis, the Publications Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, and the Board of Directors of the newly reconstituted Jewish Women's Theatre. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Rabbi Anthony Elman, and is the mother of Avigail Glazer Schotz, a television producer.
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