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Ruchi Koval
August 5 2019
Contributors
Libi Astaire writes about Jewish history, archeology, and art for Mishpacha. She is also the author of the award-winning Jewish Regency Mystery Series, which has introduced lovers of mystery novels…
Yisroel Besser has been with Mishpacha almost since its inception: he has written several memorable profiles, some of which have become best-selling books. Along with interviewing revered Rebbes and roshei…
Binyamin Rose is the Editor At Large of Mishpacha Magazine, the dominant media influence on America’s Orthodox Jewish population today. Based in Jerusalem, Binyamin travels frequently to interview leading newsmakers…
Margie Pensak’s passion for writing took off at the age of 8, when she (hand) wrote and marketed a neighborhood newsletter. Little did she realize, while pursuing her master’s degree…
Jacob L. Freedman is a psychiatrist and business consultant based in Israel. When he’s not busy with his patients, Dr. Freedman can be found learning Torah in the Old City…
Mendy Fellig is from Montreal, where he attended yeshiva and graduated from various universities before practicing law and lecturing in Ontario. He has returned to a long-term care facility in…
Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M. Ed., C. Psych., is a psychologist in private practice in Toronto, Canada and weekly family-life columnist for Family First. She is the author of the HarperCollins…
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles is an adult lecturer in the Yerushalayim area, and a Mechanechet in Darchei Bina Seminary. Rebbetzin Smiles is the author of five books, Torah Tapestries, which include…
Tzivia Meth, a graduate of Manhattan High School for Girls and BJJ Seminary, is passionate about researching, studying, and teaching Jewish History – most particularly, bringing it to life for…
One-third of the SisterSchmooze trio—and also known as “The Twins’ Sister”—Marcia Stark Meth lives in the Washington DC area and works for a federal contractor. When she’s not busy managing…
Linda Hirschel is a free-lance writer living in Beit Shemesh, Israel, for nearly thirty years. For many years she worked with women suffering from postpartum depression. She is originally from…
Esther is boring and normal, bananas in her yogurt make her very happy. She lives in NJ with her husband, children and many opinions
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman served as the rabbi of Beth Jacob synagogue in Atlanta GA for 40 years. Previously he has seved as editor in chief of Tradition magazine and has…
Rabbi Henoch Plotnik is a talmid of the yeshivos of Philadelphia and Ponovezh. He joined the Chicago Community Kollel in 1985 and has since been active in Rabbonus and Chinuch…
David G. Greenfield is a lawyer, adjunct law professor, and senior member of the New York City Council. For the past 15 years he has worked at the highest levels…
Gershon Burstyn is the news and feature editor for Mishpacha magazine. Before coming to Mishpacha, Gershon was the editor of World Jewish Digest, a monthly magazine, and worked as a…
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman was born and raised in Brooklyn. After marriage he spent years learning in Kollel both in Eretz Yisroel and in the States. After being privileged to teach Torah as…
Debbie Greenblatt is a senior lecturer for the Gateways organization and a teacher for over 30 years of both observant and not-yet-observant Jewish women. Debbie’s lecture topics include Jewish texts,…
Ilana Zohn is a full time nurse and busy mother of 4 children, K’H. She has been reading and writing since she was a little girl and has always loved…
Originally from Los Angeles, Esther Rabi now lives in Yerushalayim with her husband, who learns in the Mir, and those of their ten kids that aren’t married yet. Also, two…
Barbara Bensoussan is the quintessential Jewish dropout who never finished her Ph.D. but went on to teach English and Introductory Psychology at the University of Michigan. She worked as a…
Rabbi Menachem Nissel is a talmid of Rav Moshe Shapira and Rav Shlomo Wolbe. He is a widely published author including the highly acclaimed Rigshei Lev – Women and Tefillah.…
Elisheva Appel is a writer and graphic designer with a weakness for semi-colons; she lives in Lakewood, NJ, with her family.
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet is a writer living in Yerushalayim, in an apartment filled with stories and song. Her fiction stories and other articles have appeared in Mishpacha, Family First, Calligraphy…
Rabbi Moshe Young served as a educator in England for 30 years and was the founder of the Manchester Beis Sarah Schenirer Seminary. He currently resides in Lakewood and teaches…
Sara Eisemann is a certified clinical therapist from Oak Park, Mi. where she resides with her husband of 30 years in their almost empty nest. A proud mother of five…
Chana Rosenberg is a self-acclaimed word addict with an in-depth understanding of business trends and an ability to forecast what will speak to readers. She enjoys curating content that will…
Hagit Hoffman is a vibrant and inspirational Speaker and Life Coach. Hagit brings her own life experiences and lessons to help her audiences explore and transform their own lives. She was…
Peshie Needleman resides in Monsey, NY with her children and husband and freelances for various magazines. Over the years she has had hundreds of articles and poems published in Family…
Mrs Teitelbaum lives in London, England, with her husband and children. She has been writing for over ten years, doing news reporting, features and interviews.
Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger is the rav of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah of New Hempstead and the author of Positive Vision, a Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation project (Artscroll\Mesorah)
Reaching over 200,000 readers in 35,000 households weekly, Mishpacha News Editor Binyamin Rose is a leading media authority for the body politic of worldwide Orthodox Jewry.
C. B. Lieber is a writer and copyeditor who lives in Yerushalayim with her family. Her features have appeared in Family First and Mishpacha Jr., as well as numerous other…
Machla was born in Toronto, Canada. After graduating from Bais Yaakov, she studied at Sara Schneirer Seminary in Boro Park, and has continued studying Torah since. After marrying her husband…
Reaching over 200,000 readers in 35,000 households weekly, Mishpacha News Editor Binyamin Rose is a leading media authority for the body politic of worldwide Orthodox Jewry.
Eliana Cline lives in Johannesburg, South Africa with her husband and children. She works in marketing and communications, and runs her own business as a feeding coach, helping parents feed…
Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg is the rav of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center of Cedarhurst and the founding rav of Ohr Moshe Institute in Hillcrest, Queens. He is a published…
Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky- an alumnus of Yeshivas Chevron of Yerushalayim and a musmach of Yeshivas Hagriz Bengis has been involved in Harbatzas Torah in Yeshivos for many years, is…
Rabbi Shraga Simmons is a journalist, filmmaker, marketer and spiritual mentor with 25 years experience in Jewish education and pro-Israel activism. The co-founder of Aish.com, he is author of hundreds…
Dovid Bashevkin is the director of education for NCSY, the youth movement of the Orthodox Union, and an instructor at Yeshiva University, where he teaches courses on public policy, religious…
Rabbi Bender is the Rosh Hayeshivah of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, NY, and the author of Chinuch with Chessed (ArtScroll/Mesorah)
Ahava Ehrenpreis is a freelance writer and author of the book,On My Own, a book for every woman on her own and everyone who knows one, to be published in…
Rabbi Avi Schnall is the New Jersey Director for Agudath Israel of America. He is also the Chairman of the Nonpublic School Advisory Committee for the New Jersey Department of…
Rabbi Yaakov Barr is an accredited psychotherapist and clinical supervisor living in London. He works in private practice treating adults and adolescents. He received semichah from Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita…
Beth Perkel was published in her first national and international magazines by age 17, won her first writing award at age 18 and had her writing featured in a New…
Perel Grossman resides in Monsey, NY, with her husband, her computer, and a big stack of Mishpacha magazines. She is proud to be an “eim b’Yisrael”, a savti, and a…
Miriam Kosman is a lecturer for Nefesh Yehudi and teaches Jewish thought to hundreds of Israeli university students each week. She is the author of Circle, Arrow, Spiral, Exploring Gender in…
Rayzel Reich is a freelance writer who was raised in the wilds of Lakewood, NJ. Early influences included Mozart, Winnie the Pooh, and the little old lady who ate cantaloupe…
Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen works at the Orthodox Union (OU) as Director of Synagogues for New York and Director of Community Engagement for Yachad. His new book “We’re Almost There…
Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky is a professor of neuroscience at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Originally from NY, he has lived in Israel for close to 20 years. He learned…
Author of “How Does SHE Manage?” Feldheim, and Mishpacha columnist works as a Professional Organizer and Interior Designer around Israel. Yael helps women worldwide design and manage their homes through her private…
Rachael enjoys reading, writing, history and avoiding housework. She feels lucky to be living in Jerusalem with her supportive husband and wonderful children.
Chaya Glatt is a passionate fiction writer. Whether spinning out gentle humor or taking the visceral route, Chaya’s writing connects with readers through raw emotion and sheds light on the…
Bassi Gruen is the managing editor of Family First. She plans the magazine’s content, conceptualizes columns, assigns articles, reviews submissions, and works with writers, editors, proofreaders, and graphic artists. She…
Leah Richeimer, Author and Podcast host is the renowned author of ‘Marriage Secrets’ (forward by Rabbi Paysach Krohn and endorsed by leading Rabbonim) and ‘Shidduch Secrets’. She is the founder…
Rabbi Moshe Hubner is a high-school rebbi and maggid shiur. He has written over 10 seforim in both English and Hebrew. He is a descendant of the Minchas Chinuch and…
Adina Soclof is a Parent Educator, Professional Development Instructor and Speech Pathologist working with children in a school setting. She received her BA. in History from Queens College and her…
Zelda (Karno) Goldfield , originally from Chicago, has been living with her family for decades in the holy city of Jerusalem. Zelda is a freelance writer who has served as…
Faygie Holt began her Jewish journalism career began at JTA, an online wire service, as an editorial assistant before joining the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia as a reporter. She quickly moved up the…
YAFFA GANZ was the founder and editor of the Young Readers Division at Feldheim Publishers; is the author of over forty juvenile books (many translated into Hebrew, French, German, Russian…
Chaia Frishman loves artichokes, hates deadlines, loves improv, hates appointments, loves educating, writing, recipe developing, business owning running and cycling, hates exhaustion and olives. Follow her on Instagram @fruitplattersandmore.
Rabbi Yehoshua Kurland, a close talmid of Harav Shlomo Freifeld zt”l, has served as a magid shiur in Yeshivas Shor Yoshuv for the past forty-five years. In addition, he is…
Ariel Ben Solomon is the deputy online editor at JNS.org and a writer on Middle East affairs. He covered the Middle East for The Jerusalem Post and is now writing…
Malkie Schulman is a freelance writer based in Lakewood, N.J. She is a regular contributor to Mishpacha magazine and frequently published in various other national and international publications . Malkie…
Sarah Glazer is a part-time editor who has been working with the Magazine for a number of years.
Zhanna Slor was born in the former Soviet Union and moved to Wisconsin in the early 1990s. Currently, she lives with her husband in Chicago, where she is finishing up…
Abby Delouya, B.A., B.Ed., MFT earned her Bachelors of Arts and Bachelors of Education degrees from McGill University and holds a Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Abby is a…
M.C. Millman is the author of over 40 books including two series and two duologies. Her work regularly appears in a plethora of magazines and newspapers as well including two…
Maurine Weiner, otherwise known as the 44th Street Bobby, resides in Boro Park where she entertains adults and children of all ages with her adventurous stories growing up in America…
Nechama Elbaz is a freelancer coach and conversion copywriter (plainspeak: she helps freelancers and businesses make more money). She writes a lot of fiction in her head during 3 am…
Baruch Truscott is originally South African and now lives with his family in Jerusalem. He supports his family by testing software and tries to take notice of Hashgacha Pratis in…
Rabbi Hanoch Teller, who continues to learn in the Mir Yeshivah in Jerusalem, is a renowned author and worldwide lecturer. He is an instructor in numerous Jerusalem yeshivos and seminaries…
Sam Sokol is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem. He was formerly an international and Jewish affairs correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and a reporter for the Israel Broadcasting Authority. In 2015 he won the…
Rochel Burstyn is an Australian currently living in Detroit with her husband and lovely children and gets around in her faithful blue van which is held together with duct tape.…
Rabbi Zohn has been the Director of the Chevra Kadisha of the Vaad Harabonim of Queens for the past 35 years. He is also the founder and President of the…
Yehudit Garmaise is a freelance writer, who also teaches English, Journalism, and Parsha. Yehudit lives in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of LA with her husband and four daughters. Yehudit enjoys reading,…
Esther Mendelsohn is a Jerusalem-based Podiatrist; when not treating feet, she loves putting pen to paper.
Batya Burd-Oved is a proud mother of 5 who lives in the Old City of Jerusalem with her husband Assaf. She founded and runs www.Westernwallprayers.org, a charity allowing people all…
Shalvi Waldman , M.Sc., is a writer, therapist and teacher living in Tzfat with her family. She treats trauma, and counsels women and couples in a process of accessing and actualizing…
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff attended Ner Israel Rabbinical College ans served as a Rav in Buffalo, NY and Baltimore MD/ He currently lives in Yerushalayim. He has taught at many yeshivos,…
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University. Ing. Prague School of Economics. Former coord. Soviet and East European Studies, NSA Dept., U.S. Naval PG School. Brookings Fellow. Heritage Foundation Trustee. Received Jan Masaryk…
Rabbi Shai Markowitz is the Director of the Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative at Agudas Yisroel of America charged with bringing the message of the organization to the next generation. As Founder…
Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein is the Chief Rabbi of South Africa and founder of The Shabbos Project. In his 11 years in office he has launched and led a number…
Rabbi Yissocher Frand a rosh yeshivah in Yeshivah Ner Israel in Baltimore Maryland is a renowned international speaker whose shiurim inspire thousands around the globe each year. His fourth book…
Dovid Zaklikowski was born in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He began his writing career at the age of 16 and since then he has written thousands…
Naomi Elbinger is a writer, entrepreneur and activist known for helping create the Temech Conference for Women in Business (the world’s largest professional event for religious Jewish women) and her…
Rabbi Zakon is director of Yeshiva Teachers Institute a chinuch training program for kollel men and of Chinuch Habonim Seminars Yerushalayim. He has been in chinuch for decades.
Julie is an occupational therapist by profession, and enjoys swimming, biking, photography, and speaking to school groups about becoming an author. She makes Pesach with her eyes closed in Detroit,…
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg is the senior rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue, a rapidly growing shul community of over 850 families in Boca Raton, Florida.
Rav Dovid Hofstedter is the founder and nasi of Dirshu and mechaber of the Dorash Dovid seforim on the Torah and Moadim.
The author of two books, Yaakov Rosenblatt is a rabbi and businessman in Dallas, Texas
Baila Rosenbaum is a freelance writer living in Lower Manhattan. She has written and edited for a range of publications including Aish.com, Binah Magazine, Ami Magazine, The Jewish Home, OU.org…
Having learned for more than a decade in the Mir yeshiva, and graduated from the Ner L’Elef outreach training program, Gedalia Guttentag co-founded Inspired Tel Aviv, a kiruv center serving…
Lea Pavel has always loved writing, to the point of majoring in English Language Arts. She works as a firm administrator for a CPA firm and lives with her family…
Moe Mernick is the Founder & CEO of Winfluencers, an early-stage startup that empowers micro-influencers to monetize their passion.Previously, he was the Head of BizDev for Hometalk, Strategy Consultant for…
Rachel Atkins lives in London, UK with her family. As well as writing children’s stories, she works as a Teacher Trainer, Behaviour Specialist and Parenting Practitioner. Rachel’s book ‘Around the…
Yehuda Bromberg resides in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of Storytime, a weekly feature of short stories in the Mishpacha Junior. Yehuda is also the creator of Y.B Productions…
Ariella Schiller lives with her family in Jerusalem, where she’ll dabble in almost anything involving words. She works as a proofreader by day, novelist by night, and occasionally sleeps.
Chani Muller is a proofreader at Mishpacha and lives in Yerushalayim with her husband and children.
Esther Novak is a web copywriter, poet, and freelance writer as well as the Intake Coordinator at Achiezer. She received her degree in Business Management and Finance with a minor…
Shaina Keren is a Career Coach who helps people figure out what kind of work they will enjoy and succeed at, and how to make that a reality. From confusion…
Ronnie Chemtob is just you’re average Joe. Born in Israel, he currently lives in Brooklyn and is enjoying life with his beautiful wife and kids. With a deep love for…
Miriam Milstein is the assistant editor of Family First. She lives in Jerusalem with her family.
Freidy goldberger is a mother of 4 living in London. Besides for working as a grant writer she has a love for writing for teens on interesting unique topics. She…
Faigy Grossman has been with Mishpacha for close to a decade, providing readers with delicious, dependable recipes for their year-round cooking pleasure. Faigy has a Masters degree in Special Education and…
Shaindy Horowitz writes the weekly column UPWORDS in the English section of Hamachne Hachareidi. She is a frequent contributor to Hamodia’s Inyan magazine and Mishpacha. Her style ranges from Torah…
Sarah Moses Spero is a current resident of Baltimore, Maryland having recently moved from Cleveland, Ohio. In her previous life she was an event planner and jack-of-all trades. Her business…
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein is the educational director of Neve Yerushalayim College for Women. He is the executive-mentor of Morasha Olami.
Rabbi Kelemen is the founder and current Rosh Kollel of the Center for Kehillah Development, a leadership development project devoted to the growth and wellbeing of Jewish communities worldwide. He…
Chana Daskal lives in Monsey and loves to write to influence, inform, and inspire. Most of her professional writing has been mental health-based for websites like okclarity.com and beamoodmaker.com.
Rabbi Avrohom Weinrib is the rav of Zichron Eliezer in Cincinnati, rabbinic administrator of Cincinnati Kosher, and assistant executive director of AKO.
Hannah Ludzker taught kindergarten for ten years before becoming a stay-at-home mother to her four yummy children ka”h. She has been writing stories and poems since the age of nine…
Toby Orlander was born in Furth, Germany after the Second World War, the child of Holocaust survivors. She is the great-great-granddaughter of the Sambor Maggid, Reb. Mendel Fishel Treiber–a Maggid…
Baila Vorhand began her writing career when she was asked, as producer of Rav Moshe Wolfson shilt”a’s shiurim, “Does anyone translate the Shalosh Seudah Torah to English?” When no one…
Azriela Jaffe devotes most of her writing these days to writing holocaust memoirs for families who wish to document the survivor’s life story for future generations. She is a public…
Alexandra Fleksher is an educator, a published writer on Jewish contemporary issues, and an active member of her community in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to being an op-ed columnist for Mishpacha Magazine, she has written essays…
Sivi Sekula always knew she wanted to be a writer, but never thought she would write for kids. Now, as a contributing writer for Junior, she does just that –…
Libby Silberman misses her hometown of Monsey, NY, whilst living and loving Jerusalem for the past four years. She is an ELL program director, seminary teacher, event coordinator, freelancer, and…
After working for five years as a family photographer in Yerushalayim, Ahuva Kerzner moved to Montreal, Canada and is currently taking some time to be a stay-at-home-Mommy. She loves to…
Tzipie Wolner lives in Yerushalayim with her family. She is the author of the books “Meet Madame Chamberlaine” and “Welcome Back Madame Chamberlaine” as well as the picture book about…
Elia Meghnagi was raised in Benghazi, Libya, where he attended an Italian Catholic school run by friars. At the age of 17 he left his home and family to take…
Mrs. Devora Zheutlin, MA, CAS, serves as the Early Childhood Director at Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn Toras Emes Academy in Los Angeles. A credentialed School Psychologist, she lectures and writes on…
Moshe Krakowski is an Associate Professor at the Azrieli Graduate School for Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University and directs Azrieli’s Master’s program in Jewish education. He studies American…
Rabbi Schwartz, a former outreach professional, rosh kollel, and rav in New York, Iowa, Virginia, and Seattle, moved to Eretz Yisrael in 2010 where he is the rav of the…
Originally from the Bronx, NY, Yisrael has lived in Eretz Yisrael since 1980. After learning in Ohr Somayach in Yerushalayim and Ohr Yaakov in Zichron Yaakov Yisrael went on to…
Goldie Shulman is the mother of 6 lively children who B”H provide ample material for her humorous contributions to a variety of Jewish publications including Mishpacha Magazine. She is the…
Tamar Farajian is a freelance writer who has been writing professionally since 2016. She specializes in creative writing based on her and others’ true life experiences, as well as creating…
Eretz Yisrael beckoned Shayna from America forty years ago, when her family made the smartest move of their lives. While trained as a teacher and life coach, writing has always…
Rabbi Gidon Shoshan is senior manager and director of educator recruitment at Olami.
Rabbi Dovid’l Weinberg is a Rebbe at Yeshivat Orayta in the Old City of Yerushalayim and the rosh kollel of Camp Hasc’s Kollel Toras Chesed. A writer and musician, he co-founded The…
Rabbi Moshe Friedman is the executive director of the Kollel of Houston. Kollel of Houston is a full-time learning kollel founded in 2010 by local community leaders with the assistance…
Faygie Gut writes for numerous publications, teaches high school girls, and coaches women in home organization and time management. She loves musical theatre and can be seen circling the lake…
Rav Elya Brudny is a rosh yeshivah in Mir-Brooklyn and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah of Agudath Israel of America.
Rav Yisroel Reisman is a rosh yeshivah at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and the rav of Agudas Yisroel of Madison.
Rav Reuven Leuchter, a primary disciple of Rav Shlomo Wolbe ztz”l, is among the leading mussar personalities in Eretz Yisrael today, with his worldwide network of shiurim and teleconferences. He…
Rabbi Sholem Fishbane serves as the Director of Kashrus for the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc), as well as the Executive Director of the Associated Kashrus Organizations (AKO), an umbrella group…
Rorie is a health coach certifi ed in integrative nutrition, a recipe developer, reator of Rorie’s Dough Mixes and founder of Full ‘N Free, LLC. She specializes in helping women with metabolic issues…
Rabbi Aaron Fink, a musmach of Yehivas Ner Yisroel, has been active in the world of chinuch for more than 35 years. He is the dean of Ateres Bais Yaakov…
