Authors and Contributors

Bayla Sheva Brenner

What a Difference a Year Makes: Masa Israel Journey is Changing the Way Young Jews View Israel

Masa helps students strengthen their Jewish identity and develop a lifelong love of Israel. While a good percentage of Orthodox high school graduates flock to the Holy Land each fall,…

Offering Jobs—Offering Hope: The OU Job Fair

The unemployment rate may be tipping the 9 percent mark, but the OU’s job fairs continue to counter the dismal statistics. Since their inception in 2007, these increasingly popular events…

Reaching the iPod Generation

NCSY Regional Directors Share Strategies on Raising Children to Love Judaism Jewish Action interviewed NCSY regional directors across the country and asked the following questions: How can we reach and…

The Super Mashgiach: Rabbi Chaim Goldzweig

  Editor’s Note: The Chief, a new book about Rabbi Chaim Goldzweig, was recently released and can be purchased online. The book details the enormous contribution Rabbi Goldzweig, who passed…

The Optimistic Shadchan: Fayge Rudman

Despite the surge of traffic on the Jewish dating sites, many frum single men and women are choosing to stick with the time-honored tradition of turning to a shadchan, preferring…

Confessions of a BT Émigré

I was born in America, yet I consider myself a refugee. As a young adult, I fled the secular world for one truer to my soul. Although I am forever…

Daniel Renna

If you happen to be flying over the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, you may be surprised to spot a lone kippa among the kufis.…

Haviva Kohl

When Haviva Kohl gets into a cab, she informs the driver where she wants to go, and proceeds to ask him where he’s from. Chances are she’s been there, speaks…