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Abby Stern

Abby Stern has almost twenty years of experience working as a writer and reporter. She has contributed to People magazine since 2007 and specializes in writing about entertainment, fashion, beauty, and other lifestyle content. She holds a BA in theater from the University of Southern California, where she was a film critical studies minor. Her writing has been published in People, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, Yahoo, The Zoe Report, Poosh, and FabFit Fun, among others. Abby’s debut novel, According to a Source, was published to rave reviews. Goop called it “a fast, witty book with a dose of gravitas.” @abbystern

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Ali Rosen

Ali Rosen is a bestselling author of novels and cookbooks as well as the Emmy and James Beard Award-nominated host of Potluck with Ali Rosen on NYC Life. Her novels—described by The Skimm as “a vacation between two covers”—are the instant Amazon bestseller Recipe for Second Chances and the Amazon Editors’ Pick Alternate Endings. Ali is also the author of three cookbooks, including the bestselling 15 Minute Meals. She has been featured everywhere from the Today show to The New York Times and has written for publications including Bon Appétit, Wine Enthusiast, and New York magazine. She is originally from Charleston, South Carolina, but now lives in New York City with her husband, three kids, and rescue dog. @Ali_rosen

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Alison Hammer

Alison Hammer is half of the writing duo Ali Brady (along with her BFF, Bradeigh Godfrey). Their debut novel, The Beach Trap, made several “best of summer” lists, including in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, and Katie Couric Media. Until Next Summer, their third book, is a USA Today bestseller. Alison lives in Chicago and works in Annapolis as an advertising creative director. She is also the founder and co-president of Artists Against Antisemitism and the author of You and Me and Us and Little Pieces of Me. She has no pets, plants, or kids, but she does have three nephews—two human and one canine. @thishammer

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Alison Rose Greenberg

Alison Rose Greenberg hails from Atlanta, Georgia, but is quick to say she was born in New York City for the cool factor. Her work has led to multiple pieces of development on both the film and TV side. Among them is an original short story titled Bad Luck Bridesmaid, which Alison sold to Working Title as a feature film. She expanded Bad Luck Bridesmaid into a novel as part of a two-book deal. Her second novel, Maybe Once, Maybe Twice, published in October 2023. She sold her pitch, Clean Air, to Amazon Studios. Westbrook, the Chainsmokers, and NASCAR are all producing. Alison speaks fluent rom-com, lives for nineties WB dramas, and cries to indie folk music. She is a proud single mom to two incredible kids, one poorly trained dog, and two cats. @alison.greenberg

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Alix Strauss

Alix Strauss is a trend, culture, and lifestyle journalist; an award-winning, four-time published author; a speaker; and a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She has been a featured lifestyle, travel, and trend writer on national morning and talk shows, including on ABC, CBS, CNN, and the Today show. Her books include The Joy of Funerals, Based Upon Availability, and Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous & the Notorious. She is also the editor of Have I Got a Guy for You, an anthology of mother coordinated dating horror stories. Her work has been optioned for several TV and film projects. The Joy of Funerals is in early development with A24 for series adaptation. Alix lectures extensively and has been a keynote speaker, moderator, or panelist at more than two hundred conferences, symposiums, seminars, and summits. She lives in New York. @alixstrauss

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Aliza Licht

Aliza Licht is an award-winning marketer, a bestselling author, a podcaster, a personal branding expert, and a career development coach. With more than twenty-five years in the fashion and media industries, she has extensive experience in branding and online storytelling. As the founder of Leave Your Mark, a multimedia brand and consultancy, she advises businesses and individuals on brand strategy. A social media pioneer and one of the first fashion influencers, Aliza was the anonymous force behind the DKNY PR GIRL phenomenon.

Her first book, Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It in Your Career. Rock Social Media. (2015), offers career mentorship and advice for early professionals. Her podcast of the same name has more than 1.5 million downloads and is produced by Money News Network. Named one of “America’s Next Top Mentors” by The New York Times and one of Business Insider’s “Top 20 Most Innovative Career Coaches,” Aliza is a recognized global mentor. Her second book, On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception. (2023), is a comprehensive guide to personal branding and won the Best Book of 2023 in Business: Marketing and Advertising by American Book Fest. Regularly featured in the media, Aliza has appeared on Good Morning America, the Today show, E!, Bloomberg, and more. @alizalichtxo

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Alli Frank

Alli Frank has worked in education for more than twenty years. A graduate of Cornell and Stanford University, Alli lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, with her husband and two daughters. She is the coauthor with Asha Youmans of Tiny Imperfections, Never Meant to Meet You, The Better Half, and Boss Lady, and an essayist in Moms Don’t Have Time to: A Quarantine Anthology. @allifrankauthor

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Alyssa Rosenheck

Alyssa Rosenheck is a celebrated interiors and architectural photographer, a bestselling author, a speaker, and an advocate. Recognized by Architectural Digest and featured in more than nine hundred magazines, Alyssa is renowned for her work capturing the essence of homes across the United States. Alyssa authored the bestselling book The New Southern Style and is a sought-after speaker on “creative courage.” Her work and insights have been featured in prominent publications like Forbes, People, Vogue, and Good Grit magazine.

Beyond her creative achievements, Alyssa is a dedicated Pro-Israel advocate and a founding member of Artists Against Antisemitism. With a decade of experience capturing homes across the U.S., she passionately advocates for our collective home through her education on antisemitism and her experiences as a delegate in Israel. Her journey of resilience, marked by overcoming cancer, and her commitment to service inspire and unite aspiring entrepreneurs, creatives, and advocates alike. @alyssarosenheck

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Amy Blumenfeld

Amy Blumenfeld is an award-winning author and journalist. She is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, and received a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her articles and essays have appeared in various publications, including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well on the cover of People. Amy’s debut novel, The Cast, was selected as a New York Post Best Book of the Week. Her second novel, Such Good People, will be published in July 2025. Amy lives in New York with her husband and daughter. @amyblumenfeldauthor

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Amy Ephron

Amy Ephron is a bestselling author. She has three children and a second husband. @amyephron

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Amy Klein

Amy Klein has been covering the Jewish world for the last three decades, contributing to everything from CNN to The Jerusalem Post, The Forward, Haaretz, and Hadassah Magazine. She is author of the book The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind, which is based on her successful New York Times “Fertility Diary” column, in which she chronicled her journey to have a baby (ten doctors, nine rounds of IVF, and four miscarriages in three countries). @amydklein

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Anna Ephron Harari

Anna Ephron Harari is a writer and producer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. @annaephronharari

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Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is a New York Times bestselling author of five books, including her most recent essay collection, You’re Leaving When? Her work appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Hadassah Magazine, among other publications. She is honored to be a featured artist alongside Tony Kushner and Alfred Uhry at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans. She is a two-time finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. @annabellegurwitch1

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Barri Leiner Grant

Barri Leiner Grant is a well-respected grief specialist, author, founder, and Chief Grief Officer® of The Memory Circle: for those learning to live with loss. As coach, educator, and advocate, she holds transformative gatherings and workshops to explore grief tending tools and techniques that foster community, hope, and healing. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Psychology Today, and Maria Shriver’s The Sunday Paper, among others. Her mother, Ellen, died suddenly in 1993. Her dad, Neil, lives with dementia. She honors them in this work. She lives with her two children, Emma and Quinn; her husband, Alex; and their pup, Bean, in New York. @thememorycircle thememorycircle.com

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Bess Kalb

Bess Kalb is an Emmy-nominated comedy writer and the bestselling author of Nobody Will Tell You This but Me, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. She wrote for eight years on Jimmy Kimmel Live! She received a WGA Award in 2016. She has written for the Emmy Awards, the Oscars, and the 2020 DNC. She is the head writer and executive producer of Amazon Prime’s Yearly Departed. Her book is currently being adapted into a feature film by Sight Unseen Pictures. @bessbellkalb

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Beth Ricanati

Dr. Beth Ricanati is the author of Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, among other awards. She is also a board-certified internist who has worked at the New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic, and now sees patients at the Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles, one of the largest clinics in the country for the underserved. @bethricanatimd

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Bradley Tusk

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, a political strategist, a philanthropist, and a writer. He is the cofounder and managing partner of Tusk Venture Partners, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early-stage startups in highly regulated industries, and is the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds antihunger campaigns that have led to the creation of antihunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in nineteen states, helping to feed nearly 13 million people.

Bradley is the author of The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics, Obvious in Hindsight, and Vote with Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy; writes a column for the New York Daily News; hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics; and is the cofounder of the Gotham Book Prize. He owns a bookstore, podcast studio, event space, and café called P&T Knitwear on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. @ptknitwear

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Brenda Janowitz

Brenda Janowitz is the author of eight novels, including The Grace Kelly Dress, which has been optioned for film by Hallmark Media, and The Audrey Hepburn Estate, which was chosen as the Readers’ Choice by the CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, The Sunday Times (London), Salon, Redbook, USA Today, Bustle, The Forward, the New York Post, Publishers Weekly, HelloGiggles, Writer’s Digest, WritersDigest.com, and xoJane. She is the former books cor- respondent for PopSugar. @brendajanowitzwriter

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Cara Mentzel

Cara Mentzel’s debut memoir, Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story, about her relationship with her superstar sister, Idina Menzel (yes, they spell their last names differently), was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee in 2017. She is coauthor of two children’s books, Loud Mouse and Proud Mouse, and currently writes the blog The Empty Next on Substack. Cara lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she and her husband raised their Brady Bunch of boys against the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. She has a master’s degree in elementary education with an emphasis on children’s literacy. She enjoyed teaching elementary school for well more than a decade and can occasionally be found back in the classroom, talking about books she loves. @authorcaramentzel

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Caroline Leavitt

Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, most recently Days of Wonder, which won praise from NPR, Zibby Media, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New Jersey Monthly, Boston Arts Fuse, and more. It was also a CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi selection. Caroline is the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and from the Mid Atlantic Arts/New Jersey Individual Artist Foundation, as well as being a finalist for the Sundance Screen-writers Lab. Her work has appeared in The New York Times’s “Modern Love” column, New York magazine, The Daily Beast, and more. A book critic for People and for AARP’s The Ethel, she is the cofounder of the book promotion platform A Mighty Blaze, and writes a column/blog for Psychology Today. @carolineleavitt

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Corie Adjmi

Corie Adjmi is the bestselling author of the award-winning novel The Marriage Box and the short story collection Life and Other Shortcomings. Corie’s essays and short stories have won numerous prizes and have appeared in dozens of journals and magazines, including HuffPost, Newsweek, North American Review, Medium, Motherwell, and Kveller. The Jewish Chronicle included The Marriage Box on a list of best Jewish books. @corieadjmi

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Courtney Sheinmel

Courtney Sheinmel is the author of nearly thirty books for kids and teens, including the acclaimed Stella Batts and My Pet Slime series for young readers. Her book Helen Keller was part of Chelsea Clinton’s She Persisted series. @courtneysheinmel

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Danny Grossman

Danny Grossman served in the U.S. Foreign Service as a diplomat overseas and at the Department of State, with a focus on human rights. He went on to become the CEO of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. Previously, he founded Wild Planet Entertainment, where he was CEO for eighteen years. Danny; his wife, Linda Gerard; and their two sons, Noah and Jonah, currently reside in Northern California.

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Daphne Merkin

Daphne Merkin is a critic, memoirist, and novelist. @daphmerkin

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Dara Krutz

Dara Kurtz is the author of I Am My Mother’s Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love, Crush Cancer, and Living with Gratitude. Dara’s been a guest on more than seventy podcasts/ TV/radio shows and speaks often to large corporations, colleges, and nonprofits. Her personal blog, Crazy Perfect Life, reaches more than two hundred thousand followers. She has been published on Newsweek’s “My Turn,” Moms Don’t Have Time to Grieve, Scary Mommy, Kveller, Authority Magazine, Huff Post, Grown & Flown, Today Parenting, and many others. Her goal is to use her life experiences to help people strengthen their relationships and create more happiness and joy in their everyday lives. @crazyperflife

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Dara Levan

Dara Levan is an author, podcaster, and the founder of Every Soul Has a Story. What began as a weekly blog has expanded to include a podcast, an inclusive space in which she interviews guests from around the globe. Her debut novel, It Could Be Worse, came out in 2024. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in English and certificate in journalism. Dara earned her M.S. in communication sciences and disorders at Nova Southeastern University. Dara is a member of the Authors Guild, the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and the Women’s National Book Association, and a founding member of Artists Against Antisemitism. Dara’s husband and two children are her greatest sources of inspiration. When she’s not writing in South Florida, you’ll find Dara with her family and fur babies, traveling, reading, and talking to strangers who become friends. @dara.levan

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David K. Israel

David K. Israel has been telling stories with music, with words, and through the lens for more than two decades. He has composed commissioned scores for numerous critically acclaimed dance pieces, working with companies such as Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp and the New York City Ballet. David has also produced, written, and sold feature films and TV pilots. His first novel was published by Random House and translated and sold in several countries. @davidkisrael

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David Christopher Kaufman

David Christopher Kaufman is a New York Post editor and columnist; a frequent contributor to Air Mail, The Spectator, The Telegraph, and The Forward; and an adjunct fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute. @kaufmandavidnyc

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Debbie Reed Fischer

Debbie Reed Fischer is an award-winning author of novels for teens and tweens. Her middle-grade novel This Is Not the Abby Show won the Royal Palm Literary Gold Award for Best Children’s Book and was twice honored as a PJ Library selection, in 2017 and 2020. Debbie has been teaching writing workshops as well as speaking on author panels, at schools, and at literary conferences for many years. In addition to writing novels, Debbie has contributed to TV and film scripts, anthologies, nonfiction books, magazines, and newspapers. A graduate of the University of Miami, Debbie has a degree in Screenwriting and worked for many years as an agent for film and TV, then as a teacher, before achieving her dream of becoming an author. Her forthcoming book is a historical novel, set in 1939 Guantánamo, Cuba, based on her family on the eve of World War II. @debbierfischer

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Diana Fersko

Diana Fersko is the author of We Need to Talk About Antisemitism and the senior rabbi of the Village Temple in Manhattan. @rabbidianafersko

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Eleanor Reissa

Eleanor Reissa is a multitalented artist: a Tony Award– nominated theater director, a Broadway and television actor, an international singer, and a writer. She has lived the life of storyteller in both English and Yiddish—her first language. She is a Brooklyn-born-and-bred victim/beneficiary of the New York City public school system. Her memoir The Letters Project: A Daughter’s Journey sets out to discover the truth about her father, a slave in Auschwitz, as well as the truth about herself. The New York State Council on the Arts awarded her a grant to adapt her book into a play, and Eleanor received a nomination for Best Author Performance for an Audio Book by the SOVA Awards. Her Broadway and television credits include Paula Vogel’s Indecent, HBO’s The Plot Against America, Fx’s Dead City, and most recently the German miniseries The Zweiflers, winner of best television series at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. Her recent films include Musical Tales of the Venetian Jewish Ghetto and Noble Genius with Hershey Felder. She is a prizewinning playwright, and her plays have been collected in an anthology, The Last Survivor and Other Modern Jewish Plays. She is the host of the Yale University/Fortunoff Video Archive podcast Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust, now in its third season. From Carnegie Hall to international music festivals, Eleanor’s powerful vocals have established her as a leading voice of Jewish song. @eleanorreissa

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Elizabeth Cohen Hausman

Elizabeth Cohen Hausman is a native New Yorker who is a seasoned public relations professional and strategist spanning three decades. She is a tastemaker primarily focused on fashion, events, and brand marketing. She is devoted to philanthropy. Elizabeth is a cochair with her husband, James Hausman, of ADAPT Leadership Awards Gala, a New York-based charity serving the developmentally disabled with nearly 4,000 employees. She is an avid supporter of causes focused on animal rescue and regularly works with support animals. She is also an ardent advocate against antisemitism. Elizabeth lives in New York with her husband and two children. @lizcohenh

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Elizabeth L. Silver

Elizabeth L. Silver is the author of the novel The Majority, the memoir The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty, and the novel The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “fantastic” by the Washington Post, “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal, and “important” by the Los Angeles Times and has been published in seven languages and optioned for film. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Beasley School of Law, and the University of East Anglia’s creative writing MFA, Elizabeth has written for the Washington Post, The Guardian, New York magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Los Angeles Review of Books, McSweeney’s, and others and currently teaches creative writing with the UCLA Writers Program. She is the founder and director of Onward Literary Mentoring and lives in Los Angeles with her family. @elizlsilver

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Elyssa Friedland

Elyssa Friedland is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels and a children’s picture book. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, she resides in New York City with her husband and three children. @elyssafriedland

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Emily Tisch Sussman

Emily Tisch Sussman is the creator and host of the award-winning iHeart podcast She Pivots, a Tony-nominated producer, a co-owner of the New York Giants and Gotham FC, and a mother of three. Emily created She Pivots after leaving her fast-paced job as the vice president of campaigns at the largest democratic think tank in Washington, D.C. Emily has made more than 250 appearances on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, HLN, and CBS, and has contributed to publications such as Parents magazine, Marie Claire, Bustle, SheKnows, and The Huffington Post. She has produced Broadway hits including Shucked and How to Dance in Ohio. She is a founding member of her local Moms Demand Action chapter and has served on the board of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School and the Ross School. She is a member of the Artists Council at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Director’s Circle at The Church. She is a member of the New York Bar and earned her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. @emtsuss

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Harper Kincaid

Harper Kincaid is a woman with the heart of a revolutionary, the mind of a pragmatist, and the inappropriate humor of your tipsy best friend. She is a bestselling author of romance, mysteries, and creative nonfiction essays, as well as a licensed clinical psychotherapist specializing in neurodivergent creatives. When not writing, she is making art, listening to lofi on vinyl, fangirling theater, and otherwise being grateful for her life with her husband, two grown daughters, and two spoiled dogs. @harperkincaid

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Heidi Shertok

Heidi Shertok is a romance author, a breast cancer survivor, and a Jewish activist. She is a founding member of Artists Against Antisemitism, the Facebook group Jewish Women Talk About Romance Books, and the Jewish Joy Book Club. When she isn’t writing or arguing with bots on social media, she can be found talking to herself while admiring other people’s gardens. @heidi_shertok

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Ilana Kurshan

Ilana Kurshan is the author of If All the Seas Were Ink. @annabellegurwitch1

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Jacqueline Friedland

Jacqueline Friedland is the USA Today bestselling author of He Gets That from Me. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and NYU School of Law, she practiced as a commercial litigator in New York for as long as she could stand it. After a brief stint teaching legal writing at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan, Jackie returned to school to earn her master’s of fine arts from Sarah Lawrence College, graduating from the program in 2016. In addition to writing novels, she now regularly reviews fiction for trade publications and appears at schools and other locations as a guest lecturer. Her fifth book, Counting Backwards, will be released in 2025. When not writing, Jackie is an avid reader of all things fiction. She loves to exercise, watch movies with her family, listen to music, make lists, and dream about exotic vacations. She lives in Westchester, New York, with her husband, four children, and two very bossy dogs. @jackiefriedland

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Jamie Brenner

Jamie Brenner is the bestselling author of eight novels, including The Forever Summer and Blush. Her latest book is A Novel Summer. Jamie grew up in suburban Philadelphia on a steady diet of fiction and soap operas, then moved to New York City, where she worked in book publishing and fashion. After raising two daughters in Manhattan, Jamie has returned to her hometown and spends her summers visiting the beaches that inspire her novels. @jamiebrennerwrites

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Jane L. Rosen

Jane L. Rosen is the author of five novels, Nine Women, One Dress, Eliza Starts a Rumor, A Shoe Story, On Fire Island, and Seven Summer Weekends. In her monthly column, “Cake or Pie?,” she whimsically interviews her fellow authors. She is also a screenwriter and New York Times, Tablet, and Huffington Post contributor. @janelrosen

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Jeanne Blasberg

Jeanne Blasberg is a mother, athlete, and creator. Her third novel, Daughter of a Promise, released April 2, 2024. She cochairs the Boston Book Festival and serves on the executive committee of Grub Street, a preeminent creative writing center in Boston. She is the CEO of Flynn Creek Farm in Verona, Wisconsin.@jeanneblasbergauthor

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Jennifer S. Brown

Jennifer S. Brown is the author of the historical novels The Whisper Sister and Modern Girls. She holds a BFA in film from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She lives outside Boston with her family. @brownjennys

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Jenny Mollen

Jenny Mollen is a writer, a comedian, and a New York Times bestselling author of the essay collections I Like You Just the Way I Am and Live Fast Die Hot, as well as the national bestselling novel City of Likes. Heralded by The Huffington Post as one of the funniest women on both Twitter and Instagram and named one of Five to Follow by T magazine, Jenny wrote a standing column for Parents magazine and has contributed to Cosmopolitan, Glamour, New York, Elle.com, Grubhub, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Wake Up Call with Katie Couric. She currently hosts the show Dinner and a Movie on TBS with her husband, up-and-comer Jason Biggs. @jennymollen

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Jeremy Garelick

Jeremy Garelick is a prolific writer-director known for Murder Mystery 2, The Break-Up, The Wedding Ringer, and The Hangover, and for founding American High, a company that has utilized innovative production and tech to reinvent the teen comedy and produced sixteen films over the past five years. Jeremy has also helmed numerous original TV series, including Netflix’s Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever. His company’s American High Digital amassed more than a million followers in under a year. The Academy at American High, his nonprofit founded in 2018, has supported more than nine hundred interns and has provided accessible film education to many. @mrgarelick

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Jill Zarin

Jill Zarin is a well-known personality, having gained fame as an original cast member of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City. Prior to that, she had a successful career in the fashion and textile industry. Today, Jill is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and actress. In 2016, she launched Jill Zarin Home Rugs, alongside Jill Zarin Home Furniture and Jill Zarin Home Tabletop and Accessories. In 2020, Jill and her daughter, Ally Shapiro, launched wellness and lifestyle brand Jill & Ally. She lives in Florida and the Hamptons. When not working, she enjoys playing tennis and pickleball and spending time with family and friends, including her adorable Pomeranian, Bossi. @mrsjillzarin

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Joanna Rakoff

Joanna Rakoff is the author of the international bestselling memoir My Salinger Year and the bestselling novel A Fortunate Age, winner of the Goldberg Prize for Outstanding Debut Fiction and the Elle Readers’ Prize. The film adaptation of My Salinger Year, starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, is currently streaming. @joannarakoff

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Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Santlofer is the author of the national bestselling novels The Lost Van Gogh and The Last Mona Lisa, the Nero Wolfe Award–winning Anatomy of Fear, the highly acclaimed memoir The Widower’s Notebook, and six other novels, including the bestselling novel The Death Artist. He is editor and contributor of seven anthologies, including The New York Times notable book It Occurs to Me That I Am America and the bestselling serial novel Inherit the Dead. His short stories have appeared in The Strand, Ellery Queen, Black Cat, and numerous story collections. As an artist, Santlofer’s work is in major private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, has been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome and the Vermont Studio Center, and serves on the board of Yaddo, the oldest arts community in the U.S. He lives in New York City, where he is at work on a new novel. @jonathansantlofer

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Judy Batalion

Judy Batalion is the New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos, which won a National Jewish Book Award and was translated into twenty-four languages, adapted into an award-winning children’s book, and optioned by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, for whom Judy cowrote the screenplay. Her first book, White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between, was optioned by Warner Horizon. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, and many other publications. Judy is currently writing a novel set in Warsaw in the 1930s. @judybatalion

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Julia DeVillers

Julia DeVillers is the bestselling author of books for kids and teens. She also sold a TV pilot to CBS inspired by her life, and her book became a Disney Channel movie Read It and Weep. Her next book is Meet Me at Wonderland. @@juliadevillers

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Keren Blankfeld

Keren Blankfeld is an award-winning journalist whose stories have appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian, and other publications. Her first book, Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story, is being translated into fourteen languages. Keren teaches journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Keren spent her teenage years in Houston, Texas. She now lives in New York with her husband and two sons. @kerblank

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Lihi Lapid

Lihi Lapid is an author, journalist, and activist. She has written three bestselling novels: On Her Own, Secrets from Within, and Woman of Valor, as well as a bestselling children’s book. For over ten years, Lapid has written a weekly column in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot. Those columns were included in a collection titled, I Can’t Always Be Wonderful. Prior to becoming a writer, Lapid was a professional news photographer. She lives in Tel Aviv with her husband, Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister of Israel, and their two children. She is the president of SHEKEL, Israel’s leading organization for inclusion of people with disabilities. @lihilapid

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Lisa Barr

Lisa Barr is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Goddess of Warsaw, Woman on Fire, The Unbreakables, and the award-winning Fugitive Colors. Lisa served as an editor for The Jerusalem Post, managing editor of Today’s Chicago Woman, managing editor of Moment magazine, and as an editor/reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. Among the highlights of her career, Lisa covered the famous “handshake” between the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and President Bill Clinton at the White House. Lisa has been featured on Good Morning America and the Today show for her work as an author and journalist. Actress Sharon Stone has optioned the rights to adapt Woman on Fire for film. @lisabarr18

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Lisa Kogan

Lisa Kogan is the author of Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life, the ghostwriter of several New York Times bestselling books, and an acclaimed speech writer. She was an award-winning columnist at Elle and O, The Oprah Magazine’s writer-at-large for twenty years.

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Lynda Cohen Loigman

Lynda Cohen Loigman graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School. Her debut novel, The Two-Family House, was a USA Today bestseller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards in Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Wartime Sisters, was selected as a Woman’s World Book Club pick and a Best Book of 2019 by Real Simple. Her most recent book, The Matchmaker’s Gift, was named a Best New Book by People and a Best Book of Fall by the New York Post, Parade, BuzzFeed, and GoodMorningAmerica .com. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, her fourth novel, will be published in October 2024. @lloigman

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Mark Feuerstein

Mark Feuerstein has worked consistently in Hollywood since the late nineties. In addition to being a writer and a director, Mark is best known as an actor, specifically for his starring role in the USA Network series Royal Pains. His other television credits include The West Wing, Sex and the City, Prison Break, and The Baby-Sitters Club. Some of his feature credits include What Women Want, In Her Shoes, and Practical Magic. Mark grew up in New York, graduated from Princeton University, and won a Fulbright Scholarship, which took him to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Mark’s most recent projects are Hotel Cocaine on MGM+ and Lady in the Lake on Apple+. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three precious children. @markfeuerstein

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Nicola Kraus

Nicola Kraus is a #1 New York Times bestselling author with more than 6 million copies in print in thirty-two languages. Her novel with Emma McLaughlin, The Nanny Diaries, was an international #1 bestseller. In addition to publishing nine more novels with Emma McLaughlin, in 2015 Nicola cofounded the creative consulting firm The Finished Thought, which helps the next generation of aspiring authors find their voice. Through her work there she has collaborated on several New York Times nonfiction bestsellers. Her first solo novel, The Best We Could Hope For, comes out in 2025. @nicolakrausauthor

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Noa Yedlin

Noa Yedlin is a bestselling Israeli author, the recipient of the Sapir Prize and the Prime Minister’s Literature Award. Noa is also the creator of a two-season TV series based on her bestselling novel Stockholm, which was recently published in the U.S. The series was later remade around the world. She was named by Haaretz as one of “66 Israeli Women You Should Know.” @noayedlin

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Rachel Barenbaum

Rachel Barenbaum is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Atomic Anna and A Bend in the Stars. She is a prolific writer and reviewer. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. She is the founder and host of the radio show Check This Out, a literary show that airs on NHPR. @barenbaumrachel

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Rachel Levy Lesser

Rachel Levy Lesser is an author, freelance writer, and podcast host. Her articles and essays have appeared in The Huffington Post, Glamour, Parenting, Kveller, Modern Loss, and Grown & Flown, as well as several anthologies. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received her MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Rachel is the author of four books, including Life’s Accessories: A Memoir (and Fashion Guide), which served as the launching pad for the podcast Life’s Accessories. When not writing, Rachel can be found baking, practicing yoga, and knitting scarves that she wears almost every day. @rachellevylesser

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Rachelle Unreich

Rachelle Unreich is a journalist and author in Melbourne, Australia, and has written for newspapers and magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Rolling Stone, and The Sydney Morning Herald for the past thirty-eight years. Her first book, A Brilliant Life: My Mother’s Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust, was published in the past year, appearing in ten countries, and has been shortlisted for several literary awards. @rachelleunr

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Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt Jablonski

Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt Jablonski is a rabbi, author, and private educator. She obtained semicha from Mesifta Adas Wolkowisk in New York and graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has spent more than fifteen years as an on-demand Jewish life concierge. Rebecca’s debut memoir, Confessions of a Female Rabbi: Relevant Religion in an On-Demand World, was published in August 2024. She works with various synagogues and families all over the world and officiates weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, funerals, baby namings, bespoke holiday gatherings, and other Jewish life cycle events. She serves on the board of Building Together: Building Relationships Between Palestinians and Israelis, and is involved in many other charities. She resides in New York City with her husband, Ben, and their Shih-Poo, Scout. @myhotrabbi

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Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff is an industry leader in accessible luxury handbags, accessories, and apparel, whose playful and subtly edgy designs integrate the elements of bohemian femininity with a little bit of rock ’n’ roll. After developing an affinity for design while in the costume department in high school, Rebecca moved to New York City at eighteen to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer. In 2001, Rebecca designed a version of the “I Love New York” T-shirt as part of a five-piece capsule collection. In 2005, Rebecca designed her first handbag, which she soon dubbed the “Morning After Bag,” aka the M.A.B. This iconic bag ignited Rebecca’s career as a handbag designer and inspired her feminine creations in the years to come. After four years of designing statement-making handbags and accessories with her trademark leathers, studs, and hardware, Rebecca introduced her first ready-to-wear collection in 2009. Today, Rebecca Minkoff is a global brand with a wide range of apparel, handbags, footwear, jewelry, and accessories. In September 2018 she established the Female Founder Collective, a network of businesses led by women that invests in women’s financial power across the socioeconomic spectrum by enabling and empowering female-owned businesses. @rebeccaminkoff

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Rebecca Raphael

Rebecca Raphael is a writer and editor whose proudest professional moment is when Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove thanks her from the bima of Park Avenue Synagogue on Yom Kippur for editing his annual book of sermons. She is a book collaborator whose recent projects include Family Values: Reset Trust, Boundaries, and Connection with Your Child with Dr. Charles Sophy and Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky. A former producer for Rachael Ray, Dr. Phil, and Katie Couric, Rebecca’s work has also appeared in The New York Post, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Los Angeles magazine, The Jewish Journal, The Jewish Week, and other publications. @rebeccaraphael

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Renée Rosen

Renée Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author. Her books have been translated into multiple languages. Her latest novel, Let’s Call Her Barbie, will be published in January 2025. @reneerosen

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Rochelle B. Weinstein

Rochelle B. Weinstein is the USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of eight novels. She’s a book contributor for NBC 6 Miami, AQUA Magazine, and Women Writers, Women’s Books, splitting her time between the mountains of North Carolina and the beaches of South Florida. @rochellebweinstein

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Samantha Ettus

Samantha Ettus is a national bestselling author of five books, a renowned speaker, and a former co-host of iHeart’s leading women in business podcast. Sam was a longtime contributor to Forbes and was a syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. For many years, Sam hosted a national call-in radio show and was host of leading internet talk show “Obsessed TV,” which she created and produced with internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk.

Sam has spoken on hundreds of stages across America from TEDx to Fortune 500 companies and Jewish Federations. She has appeared on many TV shows and has been featured in every major print outlet. Sam earned both her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard. She is a proud mom of three teenagers. @samanthaettus

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Samantha Greene Woodruff

Samantha Greene Woodruff has a B.A. in history from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. She spent nearly two decades working on the business side of media, primarily at Viacom’s Nickelodeon, before leaving corporate life to become a full-time mom. In her newfound “free” time, she took classes at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, where she accidentally found her calling as a historical fiction author. Sam’s debut novel, The Lobotomist’s Wife, was a #1 Amazon bestseller and First Reads pick. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, Writer’s Digest, Female First, Read 650, and more. Her second novel, The Trade Off, will be released in the Fall 2024. @samgwoodruffauthor

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Sharon Brous

Sharon Brous is the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World, a national bestseller, and the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR. @sharonbrous

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Shirin Yadegar

Shirin Yadegar is a mother, a journalist, a publisher and a TV host. Her magazine, L.A. Mom Magazine, and talk show Moms Matter have turned into a war room since October 7 in order to amplify the truth. Before becoming a mother, Shirin received her M.A. from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and worked as a researcher and writer at the Los Angeles Times and as managing editor of Beverly Hills Weekly. Shirin currently serves on the boards of WIZO, Shero’s Rise, and Visionary Women. @lamommagazine

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Stacy Igel

Stacy Igel is the founder and creative director of BOY MEETS GIRL®, a global impact brand known for its iconic double-silhouette logo and purposeful, edgy, contemporary athleisure wear. Stacy has had exclusive fashion partnerships with Paris’s Colette, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Target, among others. She collaborates with musical artists, athletes, and activists making an impact, as well as organizations including the Young Survival Coalition, BullyBust, Human Rights Watch, Youth Over Guns, and more. Stacy and BOY MEETS GIRL® have been featured in Elle, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Women’s Wear Daily, The New York Times, and dozens more. She is the cocreator/cohost of the podcast #MOMSGOTTHIS, featured in Forbes as a “women-created podcast everyone should be listening to right now.” Stacy is a frequent lecturer and panelist on subjects like social media, philanthropy, branding, and entrepreneurship. Her first book, Embracing the Calm in the Chaos: How to Find Success in Business and Life Through Perseverance, Connection, and Collaboration, covers her entrepreneurial journey and provides practical tips and takeaways for others to use in life and in business. @stacyigel

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Steve Leder

Steve Leder is a New York Times bestselling author and a rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. @steve_leder

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Talia Carner

Talia Carner is an award-winning author of six novels and numerous articles. Her historical and psychological suspense novels bring to the forefront indignities and human dramas long ignored. Most recently, inspired by the rescue of Jewish orphans post–World War II and weaving it into the Israel navy’s 1969 story of ingenuity and daring, she wrote The Boy with the Star Tattoo. Talia lives in New York and Florida. @talia.carner

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Toby Rose

Toby Rose is a writer, teacher, and mother living in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work has appeared in Real Simple, Parents, Kveller, Cup of Jo, and Goop. @tobyfels

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Zibby Owens

Zibby Owens is the bestselling author of Blank: A Novel, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, Princess Charm-ing, and the forthcoming novel Overheard. She is the editor of two anthologies: Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology and Moms Don’t Have Time To Have Kids: A Timeless Anthology. She has contributed regularly to Good Morning America and Katie Couric Media and has written for Vogue, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, and other outlets.

Zibby is the founder and CEO of Zibby Media, which includes the Zibby Books boutique publishing house, Zibby’s Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica, California, the award-winning daily podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, which she hosts, Zibby’s Book Club, and Zibby Retreats for book lovers. She lives in New York with her husband, Kyle Owens of Morning Moon Productions, and her four children, ages nine to seventeen. She was a stay-at-home mom until she launched her podcast in 2018, starting her next chapter. @@zibbyowens