Not Orthodox: Tova Mirvis

A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Tova Mirvis frequently writes characters who are living in Orthodox Jewish communities and struggling with their faith. But in 2017, she turned the page from fiction to memoir, by publishing The Book of Separation: a searing look at her divorce, her exit from the Orthodox community, and her experience navigating the new terrain of single motherhood. She joins us to talk about her spiritual journey, the surprising outreach she’s received from ex-Mormons, and the similarities between strict religious communities and cults.

About Our Guest:

In addition to The Book of Separation, Tova Mirvis is the author of three novels: Visible City ,

The Outside World and The Ladies Auxiliary, which was a national bestseller. Her essays have appeared in various anthologies and newspapers including The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe Magazine, Commentary, Good Housekeeping and Poets and Writers, and her fiction has been broadcast on NPR. Learn more on her official site.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed by a little bit culty are those of the hosts
0:04.1	and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast.
0:08.1	Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors
0:12.1	are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion,
0:15.8	group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything.
0:19.8	Welcome to a little bit culty, a podcast about what happens when something that
0:33.9	seems like a great thing at first goes to the dark side and takes you with it.
0:38.3	I'm your host, Sarah Edminson. And I'm also your host, Anthony Ames, aka Nippie.
0:43.0	Sarah and I met, fell in love in a, quote, self-help organization that turned out to be
0:47.6	a mega cult cult nexium. We got out of there together and on our way out we helped shut it down.
0:54.6	Our journey as nexium whistleblowers was captured in detail in a
0:57.6	docu-series called the vowel on HBO and also on the front page of a newspaper.
1:02.4	New York Times, babe. Right. Have you heard of it?
1:04.8	Each week on a little bit culty we talk with other former cult members and whistleblowers
1:09.6	plus experts in things like cultic abuse and coercive control.
1:13.6	We also turn the mic over to advocates and clinicians with wisdom to share on
1:17.3	recovering from everything from MLMs and toxic religion to bad romances with raging narcissist.
1:22.8	There's always something to learn about the cultiverse.
1:25.6	Be sure to subscribe to a little bit culty so you don't miss an episode.
1:29.2	Find us on Instagram and at a littlebitculty.com
1:43.6	Well, well, well, miss Edminson. Look what we have here.
1:51.8	Look at what we have here. It's been a good week.
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