Dvora Meyers
Dvora Meyers has written for The New York Times, Deadspin, and Tablet. She was never allowed to compete professionally, but she is the recipient of a gold medal for gymnastics obsessiveness. Her new book, Heresy on the High Beam: Confessions of an Unbalanced Jewess, is out now.
Articles by Dvora Meyers
Tisha B’Av and the Olympic Games
What happens when the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, the Ninth of Av, which memorializes the destruction of King ...
It Takes Two
As a writer, I’ve paid scant attention to the images that accompany my work. I’m usually too preoccupied with the ...
A Nice Jewish Girl on the Balance Beam
When you tell someone that you used to do gymnastics, she frequently answers that she, too, did it. When she ...