WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Professional RecordFaculty

NAME: Edith Covensky DATE PREPARED: April 16, 2011DATE REVISED: June 28, 2015.

OFFICE ADDRESS: 455 Manoogian Hall HOME ADDRESS: 3816 ColumbiaBloomfield Hills, MI 48302

CELL: 248-915-8557 HOME PHONE: 248-855-0949

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DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE: Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and CulturesLiberal Arts and Sciences

PRESENT RANK & DATE OF RANK: Senior Lecturer, January 2012.

WSU APPOINTMENT HISTORY:

Year Appointed/Rank: 2012, Senior LecturerYear Awarded Tenure:Year Promoted to Associate Professor:Year Promoted to Full Professor:

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CITIZEN OF: United States

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EDUCATION:

Ph.D.: Qualifying Examination, 1980 at Wayne State University in conjunction with the University of Michigan (French & Hebrew)

M.A.: (French) Wayne State University, 1975, Detroit, MIB.A.: (French) Wayne State University, 1971, Detroit, MIB.A.: College of Hebrew Studies, 1968, Detroit, MI

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PAGE 2 of 17HONORS/AWARDS:

Ph.D. qualifying examinations “Passed with Distinction” Fall, 1980. Examining panel:

French:

Prof. Richard Vernier, 17th century (French Literature)

Prof. Donald Spinelli, 18th century (French Literature)

Prof. Fernande Bassan, 19th century (French Literature)

Prof. Louise Jefferson, 20th century (French Literature)

Tanaitic Literature: Rabbi/ Prof. Max Kapustin, (Wayne State University)

Modern Hebrew Literature: Prof. David Jacobson, and Prof. Edna Coffin, (The University of Michigan)

National Finalist, “The National Library of Poetry, July 20, 1995.

Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, 1995.

Distinguished Member of the International Society of Poets, May 24, 1996.

Nomination as one of the Poets of the Year for 1996 – International Society of Poets, August, 1996.

International Poet of Merit Award: Medallion, August 2, 1996.

Poem entitled: “I am Creating a Flower” is an Editor’s Choice, and published in Immortal Verses, International Society of Poets, Maryland, 2008.

Edith Covensky has been named as an “Inspirational Mentor” at the PHI BETA KAPPA initiation ceremony. May 1, 2008.

Editor’s Choice Poet medallion, The International Library of Poetry, received April 6, 2009.

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TEACHING

Years at Wayne State: January 1987 to the present

Courses Taught at Wayne State in Last Five Years:

Hebrew 1010 Hebrew 1020Hebrew 2010Hebrew 2020Near East 2060 (Israeli Film) VP Gen.Ed.Near East 3225 (Israeli Culture) FC Gen.Ed.Directed Studies Hebrew 3990/5990 and NE3990/5990

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PUBLICATIONS

Authored books: (Eked and Gvanim Publishers, Tel-Aviv, Israel)

Other Words, 1985. (Hebrew)

Syncopations, 1987. (Hebrew)

Night Poems, 1992. (Hebrew-English)

An Anatomy of Love, 1992. (Hebrew-English)

Partial Autobiography, 1993. (Hebrew-English)

Origins, 1994. (Hebrew-English)

Synesis, 1995. (Hebrew-English)

Jerusalem Poems, 1996. (Hebrew-English)

Poetics, 1997. (Hebrew-English)

After Auschwitz, 1998. (Hebrew-English)

Metamorphosis and Other Poems, 1999. (Hebrew-English)

Steps, 2000. (Hebrew-English)

Electrifying Love, 2000. (English-Romanian)

Collage, 2002. (Hebrew-English)

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PAGE 4 of 17Zohar, 2002. (Hebrew-English)

Anatomy of Love: Selected Poems 1992-2002, 2005. (Hebrew-English)

Variations on a Theme by Albert Camus, 2006. (Hebrew-English)

Black Rain, 2007. (Hebrew-English)

True Love, 2007. (Hebrew-English)

Testimony, 2008. (Hebrew-English)

Sea Breeze (Corona sonnets), 2008. (Hebrew-English)

In the Beginning, 2009. (Hebrew-English)

Pentagram: Selected Poems from 2006-2009, 2010. (Hebrew-English)

Also Job was a Paradox, 2010. (Hebrew-English)

Love Embraces Love, 2011. (Hebrew-Arabic-English)

On the Existence of Love, 2011. (Hebrew-English)

Allusion to Auschwitz, 2012. (Hebrew)

Matters of Sand, 2012. (Hebrew-English)

On the Border of Water. 2012. (Hebrew-English)

Microcosm: Selected Poems 1992-2012. 2014. (Hebrew)

Life as Fiction (bi-lingual edition with poems recorded by Edith Covensky in

Hebrew and English. Forthcoming in 2016/2017.

Authored book on the poetry of Edith Covensky

Mazor, Yair. Under a Silky Sky: The Symbolist Poetry of Edith Covensky.

Milwakee: MavenMark Books, 2015.

Magazines/Newspapers (see complete list of publications on pp.

11-13.)

Individual poems published in the newspaper supplement of Yediot America

(America News) in Los Angeles:

“Also I have the Spirit of Poets”, January 22, 2015 p. 26.

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PAGE 5 of 17“My Love Crosses Worlds”, and “Impression”, March 5, 2015 p.34.

“I Learn to Write Anew”, April 2, 2015 p.26.

“Poetics”, May 7, 2015 p. 32.

“A Woman in Blue”, May 14, 2015 p. 38.

“Jerusalem in Panama”, and “Your Dawn Jerusalem” May 21, 2015 p. 28.

“A Girl at Play”, June 18, 2015 p. 34.

Creative Performances

Outside Metropolitan Area:

Poetry Reading, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1988.

An interview on Jerusalem Poems appears in Psefas, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Winter, 1996.

Poetry reading: Hebrew Union of America, New York, July 2, 1998.

Poetry reading from After Auschwitz, and discussion at Bar Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 6, 2006.

Variations on a Theme by Albert Camus at the Annual Book Fair in Israel (June 7-17). Book signing at the Fair in Jerusalem, June 11, 2006.

Discussion and readings from After Auschwitz; Sea Breeze, and from an individual poem entitled: “I Sing in Silence”, written on June 15, 2009. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel, June 16, 2009.

Discussion and readings of Holocaust poems, chaired by Prof. Hanna Yaoz-Kest. Bar-Ilan University, May 31, 2011.

Interview on Israeli radio: “Kol Israel” (“The Voice of Israel”) hosted by Elihu bar-On, in the program entitled: “The Israeli Connection”, June 26, 2011.

Poetry reading in honor of “Jerusalem Day” in Jerusalem, May 21st. 2012.

Poetry reading and analysis at Bar Ilan University, May 22nd. 2012.

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PAGE 6 of 17Poetry reading at NAPH (National and International Association of Professors of Hebrew), Memphis University, June 24, 2015.

Metropolitan Area:

WCAR, 1985

WDET, 1986

Jewish Community Center, 1989, 1992.

Interview, and reading on Continental Cable Television (30 minutes), from Night Poems and An Anatomy of Love, June 24, 1993.

Four lectures and poetry readings on Hebrew Poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries, including selected readings from Night Poems, and An Anatomy of Love. Congregation Beth Abraham, West Bloomfield, MI, November, 1993.

Poetry reading for study book club, West Bloomfield, MI, November 2, 1993.

Poetry reading, Michigan State University, November 18, 1992.

Book signing: Night Poems; An Anatomy of Love; Partial Autobiography; and Origins. Borders Books Writers Annual Fair, July 30, 1994.

Poetry readings on Partial Autobiography, Oakland University, October 20, 1994.

Poetry reading from Jerusalem Poems, and After Auschwitz, sponsored by the Department of German and Slavic Studies related to the topic: “Teaching the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide.” The reading was held at the St. John Armenian Church, March 26, 1995.

Poetry reading: Third Sunday Literary Club, Detroit, MI, May 21, 1995.

Poetry reading from Jerusalem Poems at the Jewish Community Center, Oak Park, MI, June 21, 1996.

Poetry reading from Partial Autobiography. Seniors Writing Club, Birmingham, MI, September 20, 1996.

Poetry reading from Jerusalem Poems. Book Club, West Bloomfield, MI, October 15, 1996.

Poetry reading at the Annual Jewish Book Fair in Oak Park, MI, November 16, 1997.

Lecture: “Trends in Modern Hebrew Literature”. ZOA, February 15, 1998.

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PAGE 7 of 17Poetry reading: Writers Club, May 15, 1998.

Poetry book signing at the Annual Jewish Book Fair in West Bloomfield, MI, November 8, 1998.

Poetry reading and interview on Media One Television, March 10, 1999.

Poetry reading, Wayne State University, WOW, April 26, 2000.

Poetry reading and interview, Cable Television, May 18, 2005.

Anatomy of Love: Selected Poems 1992-2002, at the Annual Jewish Fair in West Bloomfield, November 16, 2005.

Poetry reading and introduction of Black Rain (2007) at the Jewish Book Fair in West Bloomfield, November 11, 2007. Additional reading from Anatomy of Love: Selected Poems 1992-2002, featuring the poem: “For Oscar Schindler”. The poem was read in Hebrew and in English.

Radio interview on AM1500 on teaching about Israel on campus, and reading two poems: ‘Your Dawn Jerusalem”, and “I am a Girl of the Holocaust.” April 12, 2012. (30 minutes.)

Lecture on “Teaching about Israel on Campus: Challenges and Solutions.” The Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, April 15, 2012.

Article in the Jewish News entitled: “Israel in The Classroom – Michigan college professors discuss the challenges of teaching about Israel.” The article features Yael Aronoff (MSU), Edith Covensky (WSU), and Jeff Haus (Kalamazoo College). May 24th, 2012.

Campus and beyond:

Poetry reading from Jerusalem Poems at McGregor Conference Center, December 13, 1995.

Poetry reading and discussion, Women Studies, Wayne State University, March 25, 1998.

Interview with Nancy Jaber in The South End, January 10, 2006.

Poetry reading from Night Poems (1992), and True Love (2007) at the “Poetry Forum”, Wayne State University, January 29, 2008.

Reading of Arab Israeli poets participating in the International Poetry Festival in Jerusalem. The reading from Helicon publication took place at the “Poetry Forum”, Wayne State University, April 15, 2008.

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Reading at the “Poetry Forum”, Wayne State University, April 21, 2009.

Participation in a panel discussion for a Journalism Forum on Race, Gender and Culture. November 29, 2011.

Edith Covensky’s poem entitled: “I Embody the Poem”, read (in Arabic) at the Arabic Poetry Forum at Wayne State University, December 8th. 2011.

Poetry reading in front of the “Creative Circle of Hebrew Writers” which included the following poems: “Definitions” (from Matters of Sand), “Your Dawn Jerusalem” and “I Was Created in the Image” (from Jerusalem Poems), Los Angeles, June 24th, 2013.

Selected Poems 1992-2012, read by Edith Covensky in Hebrew and English. Recorded by Dean Western at the Foreign Language Technology Center, Wayne State University. Music courtesy of musopen.org. Graphic design by V.G. Blevis, V Design, Detroit. The mega distribution bundle includes: iTunes, Amazon, Google-Play, as well as Grace-note Music ID. Received on May 14, 2014.

Lecture on “Israeli Dance” including the reading of the poem: “Blessings”, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood event. January 22nd, 2015.

Poetry reading at the Book Fair in West Bloomfield. Poems read: “Your Dawn Jerusalem”, and “Night Falls on Narrow Streets.” November 8th, 2015.

Publications of individual Poems:

“Small Blessings”, Bitzaron, New York, 1982.

“To Zelda”, Bitzaron, New York, 1984.

“I am a Musician of Small Words”, Bitzaron, New York, 1987.

“Analysis II”, Psefas, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1998.

“Partial Autobiography”, Psefas, 1989.

“Allusion to Auschwitz”, Psefas, 1990.

“A Fictitious Name”, Psefas, Summer, 1992.

“Odysseus”, Psefas, Summer, 1992.

“A Girl at Play”, Psefas, Summer, 1992.

“An Attempt to Write”, Psefas, Fall, 1992.

“Stardust”, Psefas, Fall, 1992.

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PAGE 9 of 17“I Commit all the Errors a Poet Can Make”, Hadoar, New York, 1992.

“Arabesques”, Psefas, Winter, 1993.

“Units of time”, Psefas, Winter, 1993.

“A Fictitious Name”, Bitzaron, New York, Winter, 1993.

“Small Kindnesses”, Psefas, Spring, 1993.

“Electrifying Love”, Psefas, Spring, 1993.

“After the War”, Psefas, Spring, 1994.

“Here Passes the Night”, Psefas, Spring, 1994.

“For me there is No Difference Between Day and Night”, Psefas, Summer, 1994.

“Whispers”; “Synesis”, Psefas, Fall, 1994.

“Ballad”; “Convergence”, Psefas, Winter, 1994.

“Synthesis”, Psefas, Spring, 1995.

“Negro”, Psefas, Summer, 1995. (Carl Sandburg, translated into Hebrew by Edith

Covensky).

“Choose”, Psefas, Summer, 1995. (Carl Sandburg, translated into Hebrew by Edith

Covensky).

“Winter Sleep”, “Seascape”, “Odysseus”, Psefas, Fall, 1995.

“Murderers”, “Losses”, “Between the Red Guns”, “A Cripple”, Psefas, Fall, 1995.

“Terror”, “Primordial Stone”, “I Was Created in the Image”, Psefas, Fall, 1996.

“An Ancient Street”, “Serafim”, Psefas, Winter, 1996.

“Old Time”, and “In the Beginning”, Hadoar, Summer, 1997.

“For Oscar Schindler”, poem published in the Anthology of the National Library of Poetry. Watermark Press, Owings Mills, MD, 1995.

“Your Dawn Jerusalem” published in Hadoar. New York: May, 1996.

“Thoughts of War”; “A Girl of the Holocaust”; “Black Flowers” published in Psefas, Israel, 1998.

“For Oscar Schindler” and “An Allusion to Auschwitz” published in Hadoar. New York, March 5, 1999.

“I Drive On” and “A Perfect Day” translated into Hebrew by Edith Covensky; Written in English by Jeff Covensky. Published in Hadoar, New York, October 12, 2001.

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PAGE 10 of 17“For Yehuda Amichai”; “Tonight I Cover the Flowers with Blood”; “Tool of War”; “I Reek with the Stench of War”, Hadoar, New York, November 9, 2001.

“Longings”; “Inheritance”; “Poetics”. Published in Hadoar, Literary Quarterly, January, 2003.

“I Sing God’s Song”; “Cosmic Love”; “A Moment of Grace”; “Appelfeld Speaks with Philip Roth”; published in Hadoar, a Literary Quarterly of the Hebrew Union America, July, August, 2003.

“Stillness” is published in Hadoar, Summer, 2004.

“A Cosmopolitan Poem” accepted for publication in Lirit, an Internet Poetry Journal sponsored by the International Forum for Literature and Culture (IFLAC) presided and edited by Ada Aharoni, August 20, 2004.

“I am a Primordial Poet” published in Psefas. Tel-Aviv, Winter 2004-5.

“A Net of Night” published in Psefas. Tel-Aviv, Winter 2004-5.

“I am a Canaanite Poet” and “Thoughts of War” published in “Shalom L.A. Mador Ketiva Yozeret” August 23, 2006.

“I am Constant with Love”; “Invention”; “I am Stubborn in Music”; “Poetics” published in Hador, (The Hebrew annual of America), UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 2006.

“I Sing from Memory”, published in Shalom L.A., July 17, 2007.

“Black Rain”; “I am Born from the Dark”; “A Chant” published in Psefas, Tel-Aviv, Winter 2006-7.

“Tikkun”, a poem from Variations on a Theme by Albert Camus, published in Shalom L.A., October 12, 2007.

“Confession II”, a poem published in Psefas, Autumn, 2007.

“My Love Resembles All True Things”; “Ballad”; “In the Beginning”; “An Impression.” Published in Hador, April, 2008.

“A Sonnet”; “Akkeida”; “I Exist in the Poem”; and “Monologue”, published in Psefas, Winter, 2007-8.

“Metaphors”, published in Anachnu Be’America/Min Hamegira. Los Angeles, June 1, 2008.

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PAGE 11 of 17“I Am Creating a Flower”, published in Immortal Verses, Poetry.com, 2008.

“Wild Love”, published in Anachnu Be’ America, Los Angeles, December 4, issue 29, 2008.

“Exaggerated Love”. “I Live in the Margins of the Poem”; “Origins”; “Before the Amnesia”, published in Pseifas, Fall/Winter, vol. 72, 2008-9, pp. 33-34.

Preface and poems by Edith Covensky in the literary supplement entitled: “Hebrew Poetry in English speaking countries, edited by Edith Covensky. Pseifas. Fall/Winter, vol. 72, 2008-9, pp. 23-56.

Poems entitled: “Before the Amnesia”; “Origins”; “Monologue”; and “Impression”, published in Hador, (The Hebrew Annual of America), Academic Publishing Services University of California, Los Angeles, 2009, pp. 24-25.

Holocaust poems written in America and Canada, Prefaced and edited by Edith Covensky. Psefas, Fall 2010, vol. 79, pp. 39-55.

“After Auschwitz”, “Testimony”, “I Reek of the Stench of War”, “A Girl of the Holocaust”, “I am a Musician of Small Words”, “Allusion to Auschwitz.” Psefas, Fall 2010, vol. 79. pp. 40-41.

“A Specific Poem”; “I am the Archaeologist of the Night”; “I Weave Love with Love”; “A Monologue.” Hador-The Hebrew Annual of America, Vol. 4, University of California, 2010, pp. 14-15.

“After Auschwitz”; “Cain and Abel”; “Back Flowers”; “Testimony”, published in Psefas, Fall 2011, Vol. 84 pp. 33-34.

Preface for Allusion to Auschwitz (forthcoming in 2012 by Bar Ilan University), published in Psefas, Fall 2011, Vol. 84 pp. 35-36.

Publication of Psefas – Poets and Critics of Hebrew in English Speaking Countries. Vol. 85,Winter 2012. Edited with an introduction by Edith Covensky, pp. 25-27. Selection of poems and article on pp. 28-56.

“A Reality that is Not”, poem published in Psefas, Winter, 2012, p. 35.

“Giant Love”, “My Love Resembles all True Things”, “I Speak a Different Language”, “A Childish Tongue.” Poems published in Hador, (The Hebrew Annual of America), University of California, Los Angeles, pp. 18-19. 2012.

Book reviews under the title: “Books at First Study” (“Sfarim Be’iyun Rishon”) written by Professor and Editor, Lev Hakak on Edith Covensky’s following books: Love Embraces Love, Pentagram, On the Existence of Love. The poems featured in

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PAGE 12 of 17these reviews are: “Analysis” (from: Love Embraces Love), “Night Whisper” (from Pentagram), and “Melancholy” (from: On the Existence of Love.) Hador, UCLA, 2012, pp. 187-88.

“Monograph” published in Yediot America (A Los Angeles Hebrew news publication), April 25, 2013.

“Wall” (“Kotel”), poem published in Yediot America, June 6, 2013.

Preface written by Edith Covensky on Hebrew poetry in English speaking countries, entitled: “Violence cracks the Walls of Life.” Featured poems by the poet and other participants including articles, pp. 38-51. Pseifas vol. 89, Israel, Winter 2012, received on June 29, 2013. The poems by Edith Covensky included here are: “A Measure of Mercy”, “I Start All Anew”, “Another Voice”, “Delusion.”

The poem entitled: "The Words Accompany Me", published in Yediot America, November 14, 2013.

The poems "Fire Bird", "I Learn to Write Anew", published in Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Vol. 10, no. 2. University of Toronto, Canada, 2014.

Preface written by Edith Covensky, entitled: Human Situations in an edition of Pseifas, dedicated to the publication of poetry by writes of and on Hebrew poetry in English speaking countries. Edith Covensky is the editor of this section. Pseifas volume 93, Fall 2013, pp. 34-56.

Poems by Covensky published in Pseifas: "Stardust"; "For Baudelaire"; "Blessings"; and "In the Beginning." Fall, 2013.

"Words Accompany Me", published in Ydiot America, 11.14.2013.

"Old Time", published in Yediot America, 5.22.2014.

"Confession", published in Yediot America, 5.22. 2014.

"Your Dawn Jerusalem", Yediot America, 5.22.2014.

"Monograph", Yediot America, 3.6.2014.

“First Rain”, Yediot America, 11.6. 2014.

“Tectonic Time”, and “I Also Have the Spirit of Poets, Yediot America, 1.22.15.

“Night Talk”, Hador, a UCLA publication, 2015, p. 29.

“The Ocean shore”, Hador, 2015, p. 29.

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“An Attempt to Write”, Hador, 2015, p. 30.

“The End of Days”, Hador, 2015, p. 30.

“Also I have the Spirit of Poets”, Yediot America, January 22, 2015 p. 26.

“My Love Crosses Worlds”, and Impression”, Yediot America, March 5, 2015 p. 34

“I Learn to Write Anew”,Yediot America, April 2, 2015 p. 26.

“Poetics”, Yediot America, May 7, 2015 p. 32.

“A Woman in Blue”, Yediot America, May 14, 2015 p. 38.

“Jerusalem in Panama” and Your Dawn Jerusalem”, Yediot America, May 21, 2015 p. 28.

“A Girl at Play”, Yediot America, June 18, 2015 p. 34.

“Confession, Yediot America, July 8, 2015, p. 35.

“Coils of the Night”, “A Chant”, and “Myth”, Yediot America, July 30, 2015, p. 30.

"I Sing the Language of the Night”, Yediot America, October 1, 2015, p. 29.

“Rain Talk”, in L.A. Writers a supplement of Yediot America, October 15, 2015, p. 28.

“A Kind of Poem”, Yediot America, December 17, 2015, p. 32.

“Blessings”, Ydiot America, December 31, 2015, p.32.

“Two Word Sonnets, Pseifas, Vol. 97, Summer/Fall, 2015, p. 36.

“An Experiment in Writing”, “Shards of an Illusion”, “A Woman of Wanderings”, Pseifas, Vol 98, Winter, 2016, p. 55.

“Silent Love”, and “Sonnet 38”, Ydiot America, March 10, 2016, p. 32.

"Lookout”, “A Chant”, “Coils of the Night”, Hador, Summer, 2016, pp. 15-16.

“ Sonnets 2, 11, 8, Hador, Summer, 2016, pp. 17.

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Translations by Edith Covensky from Hebrew to English, or otherwise, if specified:

- Poems translated from Hebrew into English in the book entitled: Life as Fiction. Tel-Aviv: Gvanim Publishers, forthcoming in 2016/2017.

- Translation from English to Hebrew of introduction to Life as Fiction, and article entitled, Truth as a Paradox in Edith Covensky’s Poetry. Forthcoming by Gvanim and in Pseifas in 2016/17.

Film Reviews by Edith Covensky for the Jewish Film Festival of Metro Detroit in 2016 and 2017. Submitted to Directors, Rachel Ruskin, and Beth Robinson, by request. Dates of submission indicated below:

- “Felix & Meira” (2014), July 18th, 2015.

- “Encirclements” (“Hakafot”, in Hebrew, 2015), July 22, 2015.

- “Tzili” (2015), July 24th, 2015.

- “Borrowed Identity”, September 2nd, 2015

- “Imber’s Left Hand”, September 6th, 2015

- “Tuviansky”, September 7th, 2015.

- “Sabena Hijacking - My Version”, April 7th, 2016.

- “A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt”, July 28th, 2016.

- “Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown”, July 30th, 2016.

- “Bird in The Room”, August 9th, 2016.

- “The Last Battle of the Teheran Children”, August 10th, 2016.

- “Hummus! The Movie”, August 11th, 2016.

- “There Are Jews Here”, August 13th, 2016.

- “And Then, Violence”, and “The Man Who Shot Hollywood”, August 14th, 2016.

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- “Siberia”, August 22, 2016.

- “Operation Wedding”, August 23, 2016

- “Call Her Applebroog”, August 24, 2016.

- “Requiem for the American Dream”, August 27, 2016.

- Jerusalem Boxing Club”, August 28, 2016.

- “A Woman’s Story”, August 30, 2016.

- A Heartbeat Away”, September 7, 2016.

- “The Interrogation”, September 10, 2016.

- “Moon At the 12th House”, September 18, 2016.

- “Dark Side”, October 8, 2016.

- “Fire Birds”, October 21, 2016.

Poetry Reviews by Edith Covensky:

- “The Fevered World”, a poetry review essay published in Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Toronto University, Vol. 12 No. 1, 2015, pp. 1-8.

- Poetry review entitled: “A Journey of No Return” (“Massa Le’lo Shuv”, Hebrew)Pseifas, Vol. 98, Winter, 2016, pp. 47-50.

- “In Search of Time Gained: The Poetry of Ya’ara Ben-David. Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Toronto University, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2015, pp. 1-9. Press Release, Toronto, Nov. 1, 2016.

Campus Activities:

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CMLLC Poetry Forum, 2008-2009

Participation in the "Hebrew Table" ("Shulchan Ivrit"), conversational Hebrew

sessions at Hillel involving students from the department and from the university

at large.

Work in progress on a Study Abroad trip to Israel with a focus on Israeli

Technology. Work started in Winter, 2016.

A. Membership/Offices Held in Public or Private Agencies Related to Discipline in Last Five Years

Member, National Association of Professors for Hebrew, 2016

Member, Association of Friends of Alexandre Dumas, 2016

Member, Congregation Shaarey-Zedek Sisterhood, 2016

Committee member of The Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival of Metro Detroit, 2016.

Directing Honors paper for:

- Avital Elyazam. Topic: Golda Meir: From a Woman of Valor to the Yom Kippur War. (Fall, 2014.)

- Ani Mannari. Topic: Alexandre the Great in the Near East: An Archaeological Perspective of Israeli Society and Culture. (Winter, 2015.)

- Rachel Buxbaum. Topic: The Psychology of Negotiation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. (Winter, 2015.)

- Fadi Isa. Topic: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Media in the Arab-Israeli Conflict”, (Summer, 2016.)

- Matthew Tukel. Topic: The Evolution of Hebrew/Israeli Poetry from Haim Nachman Bialik to Dalia Ravikovitch. (Winter 2016.)

- Matthew Tukel: “Israeli Contributions to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology in the Military and Consumer Sectors.” (Fall, 2016.)

- Connor Tukel: “Evolution and Modernity: The Degree of Autonomy of the Hebrew

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PAGE 17 of 17Language.” (Fall, 2016.)

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