Tova Rachel Reich (; born December 24, 1942, in
Liberty, New York
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)
is an American writer whose works in ''Master of the Return'' (1988), ''My Holocaust'' (2007), ''Mother India'' (2018), ''The House of Love and Prayer'' (2023), and ''Camp Jeff'' (2024). Her sophomore novel won the 1988
Edward Lewis Wallant Award
The Edward Lewis Wallant Award is an annual literary award presented to a writer whose fiction is considered to have significance for American Jews. It was established in 1962 at the University of Hartford
The University of Hartford (UHart) i ...
. Her work has also appeared in
Tablet.
Reich taught English at
Southern Connecticut State College
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(1972–73) and
American University
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(1974-1977). She also taught at
University of Maryland
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.
Tova Weiss was born to Moshe and Miriam Weiss,
and is the sister of Rabbi
Avi Weiss
Avraham Haim Yosef haCohen Weiss (; born June 24, 1944) is an American Open Orthodox ordained rabbi, author, teacher, lecturer, and activist who led the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in The Bronx, New York until 2015. He is the founder of Yeshi ...
. She received
Bachelor of Arts
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from
Brooklyn College
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(1964) and a
Master of Arts
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from
New York University
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(1965). On June 10, 1965, she married American magazine editor, psychiatrist, and writer
Walter Reich, with whom she eventually had three children: Daniel Salo,
David Emile, and Rebecca Zohar.
Works
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* Reich, Tova (March 5, 2013). ''One Hundred Philistine Foreskins''. Counterpoint. ISBN 978-1619021075.
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References
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American writers
1942 births
People from Liberty, New York
Living people