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Rachel Caplin is the bestselling author of The Spoon and the Sea. Born and raised in Australia, she moved to Israel in 2015. Rachel works as a marketing executive in the tech industry and lives in Israel with her husband and their young daughters

Wit and Wisdom, Grief and Love, Co-host of the OMfG Podcast: Jewish Wisdom for Unprecedented Times, @omfgjewish, Learn more at www.jengubitz.com; www.modernjewishcouples.com

Risa’s work can be found in publications like Kveller, HuffPost, On Being Jewish Now and MUTHA Magazine. She lives in South Florida with her husband and three children.

Mor Pikielny is an Israeli writer, political science graduate, and news producer and reporter at N12 Israel. Her work focuses on relationships, social behavior, and daily life, aiming to make life in Israel easier to understand from the outside.

Aviva Gat is an American-Israeli author and mother of (now) four children. She has written and self-published 11 Amazon best sellers, including We Will Dance Again, the first fiction novel about the October 7th attack.

Judy Gruen is the author of 5 non-fiction books and an award-winning columnist and book reviewer for the Jewish Journal. Based in L.A., she is also a writing coach and book editor See more on www.judygruen.com.

Monica is a writer and former professor living in Italy. She is Editor at Large at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.

Shaina Steinberg is the author of the Bishop & Gallagher Mysteries, as well as a film and television writer. Her most recent feature, Bride Hard, starring Rebel Wilson, premiered in June 2025. Shaina lives with her family in Los Angeles, CA.

Nancy Shekter-Porat is a former researcher in The Wall Street Journal’s Israel bureau. She has a PhD in Communication from the University of Haifa. She is the mother of two adult children and lives with her husband in the Galilee.

Fern is an internationally published author of children’s poetry, business books, and historical narrative. Her latest, The Boy in the Back, explores resilience and courage. She’s also a painter, poet, pianist, and proud grandmother.

Elijah Wiesel (Yale '28) is an outspoken advocate against antisemitism, particularly on college campuses, a proud Zionist, and the grandson of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

Just a crazy Jewish woman sharing some of the journey. Featured in Huffington Post, Elite Daily, Thought Catalog, and others. First novel coming soon-ish. Mother, lawyer, RN, model and writer.

Hillary is a cantor, rabbi, writer, partner, and mom in Los Angeles, CA. Her forthcoming book (Ben Yehuda Press, 2027) is a Marie-Kondo-meets-Malcom-Gladwell guide to Jewish ritualcraft.

Ayelet is a product leader in Israel’s tech sector, born and based in Tel Aviv after spending part of her teenage years in Denver. She lives with her husband and three daughters and enjoys singing, writing, and collecting children’s books.

I am a Mother, a creator of stories, and a connector of people who writes about everything from figure skating to Freud.

I'm a non-fiction writer whose early work appeared in the Washington Post and other publications. After a career leading a nonprofit that helped people with developmental disabilities find jobs, I'm thrilled to be writing again.