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Tikva Hecht is a writer, mostly of poetry, but also of fiction, lyric essays and other assorted cross-genre experiments. Her debut poetry collection, Tashlikh, was published by Ben Yehuda Press in September 2024.  Her writing can also be found in Canadian LiteratureCV2Grain MagazineModern Literature, and The Lehrhaus, among other publications. She has served as a Yetzirah Jewish Poetry Conference Scholar, a National Havurah Committee Institute Timbrel Artist-in-Residence and a University of California, Riverside, Gluck Fellow, and has taught creative writing workshops for students of all ages in formal and informal settings.

 

Tikva has a background in nonprofit management and communications. She has worked in the areas of poverty relief, child abuse prevention and Holocaust remembrance. The thread running through all her pursuits is deep commitment to education and self-reflection as the basis for social change. She currently serves as the editorial director at Aleph Beta, a nonprofit Torah media company, where she produces the podcast A Book Like No Other. 

Tikva earned her MFA in creative writing from UC Riverside. She also holds an MA in philosophy from the New School for Social Research, and a BA in Judaic studies from Yeshiva University, with a focus in Talmud.

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Tikva Hecht’s debut poetry collection, Tashlikh, was published by Ben Yehuda Press in September 2024. Her writing can be found in Canadian LiteratureCV2Grain MagazineModern Literature, and The Lehrhaus, among other publications. Tikva earned her MFA in creative writing from UC Riverside. She also holds an MA in philosophy from the New School for Social Research, and a BA in Judaic studies from Yeshiva University, with a focus in Talmud. She currently serves as the editorial director at Aleph Beta, a nonprofit media company, where she produces the podcast A Book Like No Other.

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Tikva Hecht is the author of Tashlikh (Ben Yehuda Press, 2024). Her poetry and fiction can be found in Canadian LiteratureCV2Grain MagazineModern Literature, and The Lehrhaus, among other publications. Tikva holds an MFA in poetry from UC Riverside and is currently the editorial director at Aleph Beta. 

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