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Jessica Rosenfeld

Jessica Rosenfeld is a poet and Jewish educator in Berkeley, California. She received her M.F.A. in poetry from Mills College and her B.A. in English literature from Oberlin College. She was poet-in-residence on the Arad Arts Project in Israel, and while living in Israel she was awarded the Reuben Rose Memorial award. She has also been granted awards from the American Academy of Poets and the Bay Area Poets Coalition.

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Poetry in the United States

The contributions of Jewish women poets to American literary history and political activism, as well as to the enrichment of Jewish culture and practice, are astounding. Many Jewish women poets write with a strong sense of social responsibility and a desire to create poetry that can shape reality, drawing on the Jewish teachings of tikkun olam.