Price  £20
Format  Hardback and ebook
Published  20 September 2018
Length  336 pages
ISBN  9781905559985
ISBN  9781905559978 (ebook)

Reviews

The Jewish Chronicle, May 2019

Lilith Magazine, April 2019

Amos Lassen, March 2019

The Jewish Advocate, March 2019

The Jewish Independent review, January 2019

The Jewish Chronicle review, December 2018

The Jewish Week review, December 2018

Tablet review, October 2018

Haaretz review, October 2018

 Jewish Quarterly review, October 2018

Forward review, October 2018

Jewish Renaissance, November 2020

Never a Native
Alice Shalvi                                           

"Alice Shalvi is one of the few women in the world who lived through a world devastated by fascism, and advanced a democracy in which people are linked, not ranked. Reading about her past will inspire our future."

Gloria Steinem

"Alice Shalvi - feminist leader, seeker of justice, proponent of peace, innovative educator and one of Israel's most admired women - reflects poignantly on her personal and public odyssey in a book that blends her own challenges, achievements and failures with those of Israel during the past seventy years." 

Naomi Chazan 

“Professor Alice Shalvi - scholar, educator, and heroic activist, tells the story of her life in a simple, almost matter-of-fact manner, as though each stage of her very rich and varied career simply flowed most naturally the one from the other. There is in this kind of presentation an underlying tone of modesty, one which downplays the struggles, the persistence and enormous energy which resulted in her massive achievements in the areas of social activism and feminism. This energy tempered with such modesty resonates as an undercurrent throughout this classic autobiography."

Daniel Sperber

About Alice Shalvi

Born in Essen, Germany in 1926, Alice Shalvi and her family escaped Nazi Germany and established themselves in London.

She read English at Cambridge and later emigrated to Israel in 1949, where she became enormously influential in women’s education, promoting women’s status, peace dialogues and challenging conventional religious practice.

Her name is synonymous with social activism and achievement.

Alice Shalvi died on 2 October, 2023.

Tributes and Obituaries for Alice Shalvi who died 2 October 2023

We are deeply saddened by the death of Alice Shalvi -- writer, educator, activist and friend.

Described by Naomi Chazan as ‘one of Israel’s most admired women,’ Shalvi was a leading advocate for feminism in Israel and across the Jewish world. As an educator, Shalvi led the English departments of both the Hebrew University and Ben Gurion University, despite the contemporary academic culture of male chauvinism. As principal of the Pelech school, Shalvi gained further ground for educational equality by extending Talmudic education to girls. Shalvi also headed numerous women’s organizations, including the Israel Women’s Network, through which she campaigned for gender equality in all walks of Israeli life, from education, to religion and the military.

After escaping Nazi Germany with her family, Shalvi was educated in England, earning degrees from Cambridge and LSE before emigrating to Israel in 1949, where she spent the rest of her life and career.

In later life, Shalvi continued to work tirelessly to promote women’s rights and education. She recounted her experiences in her memoir, Never a Native, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 2018.  

Obituaries for Alice Shalvi have appeared in the following publications:

-New York Times
-The Jerusalem Post
-Moment Magazine
-Ms.

October 2021

Alice Shalvi awarded Lifetime Prize by Kiverstein Institute

We congratulate Alice Shalvi, Israel Prize laureate, on receiving the lifetime prize from the Kiverstein Institute, Jerusalem in recognition of her influential work as a feminist and educator.

January 2019

Alice Shalvi captivates audience at 'Times of Israel Presents' event

Alice Shalvi relates the life experiences that powered her evolution from Orthodox girl in Germany to Cambridge student to Conservative feminist icon in Jerusalem. Article and video link here.

Never a Native by Alice Shalvi wins a 2018 National Jewish Book award

Our author Alice Shalvi, a tireless activist and at the forefront of feminism, has won a National Jewish Book Award for her memoirs, Never a Native.

15 October 2018

At the launch of Never a Native at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem