Shva Salhoov (in Hebrew: שבא סלהוב; born in 1963) is an Israeli poet, essayist, writer and art critic.
[3] Salhoov calls is "secular indoctrination", and points out how the pathway to success – in terms of Israeli hegemonic society – was preordained for students in her school: Enlist to the "right" army unit, get the "right" professional degree, listen to the "right" music.
She then went on to study film at Beit Zvi Academy, and completed a master's degree in Jewish philosophy at the Tel Aviv University.
[3] After her studies she returned to her parents' home, only to find out that her time away, since the age of 12, changed her in ways that made her feel foreign here as well.
[2][3] Her 2011 book, Torat HaHitukhim (The Theory of Intersecting) blends poetry and prose with word of visual art, and includes critiques on both the secularization of Israel, and the politicization of religion in the country, stating that Israel is "missing its spiritual goals", and must face its position as a Middle Eastern country, and stop pretending to be part of Europe.